China has scheduled the Chang’e-7 lunar mission for launch on 24 August 2026 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan aboard a Long March 5 Y14 rocket....
The National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP), headquartered in Nagpur and functioning under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), has developed India’s first...
The Territorial Army of India launched Terrier Cyber Quest 2026 (TCQ 3.0) on 21 August 2026 in partnership with CyberPeace. The national hackathon focuses on indigenous defence and...
India’s first large-scale biopolymer plant is under construction in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh and is scheduled for commissioning in October 2026. The facility is being developed...
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope launched on 20 November 2004 to study gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy cosmic events. NASA later approved a...
MC²+ Ignite is a sector-specific accelerator programme for deep-tech startups in India’s energy sector. MC²+, a brand of MC² Foundation, launched the programme on 19 August 2026 at...
India launched its first two genome-edited rice varieties, DRR Dhan 100 (Kamala) and Pusa DST Rice 1, on 4 May 2025 in New Delhi. The varieties were developed...
PhonePe signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on 20 August 2026 for integration of its enterprise data intelligence platform, PulsePro, into...
Reliance Industries Limited has proposed an investment of about ₹2.73 lakh crore over 30 years for India’s first integrated Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) complex in Eluru district, Andhra...
Indian researchers announced RK-251 on 19 August 2026 as a smart cancer drug that remains inactive in healthy tissue and activates inside tumour cells. The drug was developed...
S301 is a star in the Milky Way galaxy that has been identified as the fastest-moving star recorded on a secure orbit. The discovery was announced on 19...
