India has approved the first module of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS), a proposed Indian space station planned for completion by 2035. The station is designed as a...
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) registered 16 new indigenous livestock and dog breeds in 2026. The registration was completed through the ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic...
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated on 23 August 2026 that no new strain of Influenza A (H1N1) has been identified in India. The circulating Influenza...
European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot became the first French woman and the second European woman to perform a spacewalk on 18 August 2026. She carried out U.S....
The Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Visakhapatnam, signed two Licensing Agreements for Transfer of Technology (LAToT)...
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...
