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IISc Maps 9,389 Reactions in CO₂-to-Fuel Modelling
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, developed a computational framework that maps 9,389 elementary chemical reactions involved in carbon dioxide (CO₂) conversion into fuels and...
IIT Ropar Launches AVNI App for Agricultural Learning
IIT Ropar launched the digital learning platform AVNI – Grow with Nature on 6 October 2026 through its Centre of Excellence in AI for Digital Agriculture, ANNAM.AI. The...
International Astronomy Olympiad 2026: India Wins Four Gold and One Silver
India won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2026. The competition was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, from...
AM Intelligence Orders 20,000 More Nvidia GPUs
AM Intelligence (AMI), an AI infrastructure platform established by Greenko’s promoters, has placed two new firm orders for 20,000 NVIDIA Rubin graphics processing units for deployment in India...
Serum Institute’s Cervavac Gets WHO Prequalification
Cervavac, India’s first indigenously developed gender-neutral quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine, has received World Health Organization prequalification. The vaccine was developed by Serum Institute of India in Pune and...
TDB Signs ₹130 Crore Deal for AI Vision SoC
The Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science & Technology signed an agreement with Bengaluru-based BigEndian Semiconductors on 5 October 2026 for Project VeerAI. The agreement...
Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 Awarded for Optogenetics
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on 5 October 2026. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska...
ESA JUICE Completes Earth Gravity Assist
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, completed its third Earth gravity assist on 28 September 2026. The spacecraft passed about 8,640 km above Earth...
AP to Build 177 Houses with 3D Concrete Printing
Andhra Pradesh launched India’s first pilot housing project using 3D concrete printing technology on 4 October 2026. The project covers 177 houses in Burripalem and Obulnayudupalem villages in...
UCIL Marks 60 Years of Uranium Mining at Jaduguda
The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) began its Diamond Jubilee Year celebrations at Jaduguda on 4 October 2026. UCIL was incorporated in 1967 and operates as a...
India’s Railways Use AI-Based Plan Bee
Indian Railways has used AI-based systems, speed restrictions, and wildlife deterrence measures to reduce elephant-train collisions on vulnerable railway stretches. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) saved 255 elephants...
