India won one gold medal, three bronze medals, and one Honourable Mention at the 23rd International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) held in Bucharest, Romania, in 2026. The eight-member Indian...
The Department of Health Research (DHR) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will host the second edition of S.H.I.N.E. (Science, Health and Innovation for NextGen Explorers)...
The Technology Development Board (TDB) of the Department of Science & Technology (DST) signed an agreement on 10 August 2026 with Visakhapatnam-based M/s Griva Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. for...
Scientists detected an unusually thick and highly concentrated ozone layer over the North Bay of Bengal at an altitude of 21 to 23 kilometres. The finding was documented...
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a direction on 10 August 2026 for the phase-wise implementation of the 1601-series numbering system for service and transactional voice...
The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), a constituent of the Quality Council of India (QCI), launched India’s first accreditation scheme for mobile food testing...
Russula griseopurpurata is a newly described mushroom species from India and belongs to the genus Russula, which includes about 2,000 species worldwide. The species was published in the...
Sarla Aviation received Design Organisation Approval (DOA) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 8 August 2026. The approval was handed over by Union Civil Aviation...
E-Samudra is a digital platform launched on 8 August 2026 in Mumbai for the digitisation of maritime governance in India. The platform functions as a single digital window...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI-powered high-performance supercomputing facility, at the Sonipat Campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on 8 August 2026. The...
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport in Bengaluru, Karnataka, became the first airport in India to operationalise the Required Navigation Performance – Category H (RNP CAT H) satellite-guided helicopter...
Bengaluru-based Astrobase Space Technologies unveiled EVEREST on 7 August 2026 as India’s first privately built 80-tonne-class Full-Flow Staged Combustion rocket engine. The engine uses liquid oxygen and liquid...
