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Kudankulam Unit-5 Gets Reactor Vessel Installed

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited completed the installation of the Reactor Pressure Vessel at Unit-5 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu. The 320-tonne...

June 20, 2026

NTA Conducts Mock Drill Ahead of NEET Re-exam

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted a nationwide mock drill on 20 June 2026 for the NEET-UG re-examination scheduled on 21 June 2026. The exercise covered nearly 23...

June 20, 2026

Amaravati Quantum Valley Achieves 4 Kelvin Cooling Milestone

Amaravati Quantum Valley (AQV) achieved 4 Kelvin, or -269°C, cooling on 19 June 2026 using an indigenous dilution refrigerator at the Quantum Reference Facility in Medha Towers, Amaravati....

June 19, 2026

Jonathan Becomes World’s Oldest Known Land Animal

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise classified as Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa, is estimated to be 194 years old in 2026. He is recognised as the world’s oldest known living...

June 19, 2026

H5 Bird Flu Detected in Western Australia

A suspected case of H5 bird flu was confirmed in a migratory wild seabird in Western Australia on 19 June 2026. The bird was a brown skua found...

June 19, 2026

Plastic-Eating Bacteria Break Down PVC Microplastics

Researchers at the Faculty of Science, Cairo University in Egypt identified bacterial strains capable of degrading polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microplastics in June 2026. The study was published in...

June 19, 2026

IRDAI Forms AI Working Group for Insurance Sector

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) constituted a seven-member working group on Artificial Intelligence for the insurance sector on 18 June 2026. The group has...

June 19, 2026

Centre Launches AI-Based Smart Warehousing System

The Government of India launched an AI-powered smart warehousing system on 18 June 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the initiative...

June 19, 2026

CSIR-NML Signs MoU for Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling

CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR-NML), Jamshedpur, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with New Delhi-based R2E Greentech Private Limited on 18 June 2026 for the commercialisation of indigenous technology for...

June 19, 2026

India’s AI Data Centre Expansion Faces Heat Challenge

India’s data centre sector is facing higher thermal stress because extreme heat increases cooling demand, electricity use, and water consumption. Planned AI data centres in Tamil Nadu, Telangana,...

June 19, 2026

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