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ICMR Transfers Indigenous Medical Technologies for Commercialisation

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) transferred indigenous medical technologies for commercialisation through its Medical Innovations Patent Mitra initiative. On 21 July 2026, ICMR licensed three biomedical...

July 22, 2026

NCBS Launches INvenTree Dataset for Indian Forests

The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, has compiled INvenTree-meta, a meta-dataset of tree inventory studies from India. The dataset covers 465 published studies conducted between 1991...

July 22, 2026

What are Ethanol ATMs?

Ethanol ATMs are proposed dispensing kiosks in India for selling ethanol in canisters for cooking use. The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is preparing a policy...

July 21, 2026

Earth’s Second-Oldest Orbicular Rock Found in Madhya Pradesh

The Pichhore orbicular granite near Kutawali village in Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, has been dated to about 2.56 billion years. It is the second-oldest known orbicular rock in...

July 21, 2026

Offline UPI Payments to Use NFC Tap-to-Pay

The National Payments Corporation of India is developing an offline Unified Payments Interface feature for tap-to-pay transactions at merchant point-of-sale terminals. The system is designed to work when...

July 21, 2026

DGCA Issues 1,331 Commercial Pilot Licences in 2026

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued 1,331 commercial pilot licences (CPLs) in India up to 30 June 2026. The data was placed before the Rajya Sabha...

July 21, 2026

DGCA to Launch Digital Aviation Incident Reporting Platform

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is developing a digital aviation incident reporting platform for electronic submission and processing of mandatory occurrence reports. The platform will be...

July 21, 2026

India Approves First 100 MWh Flow Battery Project

India has approved its first utility-scale 100 MWh Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Energy Storage System (VRFB BESS) for deployment at Khavda Solar Park in Gujarat. NTPC Renewable Energy...

July 21, 2026

IIT Kanpur to Set Up Green Hydrogen CoE

The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur announced on 20 July 2026 that it will establish a Centre of Excellence on Green Hydrogen named the Centre of Excellence on...

July 21, 2026

IIT Tirupati Hosts 5th BRICS Geospatial Meeting

IIT Tirupati hosted the fifth meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Geospatial Technologies and its Applications at its Yerpedu campus from 20 to 22 July 2026. The...

July 21, 2026

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