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INOX India Opens Semiconductor Training Centre in Vadodara
INOX India and its partners inaugurated the SemiOrbit Skill Excellence Centre on 26 October 2026 at the Paldi campus of ITM SLS Baroda University in Vadodara, Gujarat. The...
MAHE Opens BSL-3 Facility for Infectious-Disease Research
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) inaugurated and began operating a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) facility on October 26, 2026, at Manipal, a suburb of Udupi in coastal...
Ancient Solar Eclipse Record Refines Earth’s Rotation Estimates
A total solar eclipse observed on 17 July 709 BCE at the court of the Lu Duchy in ancient China has provided new constraints on Earth’s historical rotation....
Astronomers Detect Magnetic Threads Above the Sun
Astronomers detected fine, thread-like magnetic structures in the chromosphere above a quiet region of the Sun using the Sunrise-III solar observatory. The findings were published in The Astrophysical...
ISRO Plans Four Functional Launch Pads by 2029
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to have four functional space launch pads by 2029. ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan announced the plan on 25 October 2026. The...
NIFTEM-K Hosts India’s First AI-Food Technology Hackathon
The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K), hosted “Hack the Fork”, described as India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) and food technology hackathon. The 24-hour...
C-DOT Opens Sixth Centre of Excellence at IIT (BHU)
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) established its sixth Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, on 23 October 2026. C-DOT and...
Black Hole Spin and X-ray Variability
A study published in the Journal of High Energy Astrophysics on 23 October 2026 examined how black hole spin affects X-ray variability. Researchers from the Aryabhata Research Institute...
Ukraine Partners with Nokia and ICEYE on Satellite Communications
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence signed a Letter of Intent with Finnish technology firms Nokia and ICEYE on 22 October 2026 to explore the development of a sovereign satellite...
Bharat Biotech Cuts MOSQIVAC Malaria Vaccine Price by 40%
Bharat Biotech announced a nearly 40% reduction in the price of MOSQIVAC, its brand of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, on 23 October 2026. Under an agreement executed by...
ICMR Funds Blood Test Research for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
A team at GITAM (Deemed to be University) in Visakhapatnam is developing a blood test for early detection of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) through an Indian Council of...
