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Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development Space Technology Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate

Netra, India’s airborne surveillance platform, gets final operational nod, Pg14

India's indigenous Netra AEW&C system receives final operational clearance, boosting IAF's strategic surveillance capabilities after pivotal roles in Balakot.

Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development Space Technology Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate

26 Jun, 2026

Netra, India’s airborne surveillance platform, gets final operational nod, Pg14

India's indigenous Netra AEW&C system receives final operational clearance, boosting IAF's strategic surveillance capabilities after pivotal roles in Balakot.

26 Jun, 2026

Women and Women's Organizations Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors Health Sector Science and Technology in Everyday Life

Revisiting India’s ultrasound laws, Pg10

India's PCPNDT Act, aimed at curbing female foeticide, faces reform calls for hindering cancer diagnostics and failing to adapt to AI-enabled ultrasound.

Women and Women's Organizations Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors Health Sector Science and Technology in Everyday Life

26 Jun, 2026

Revisiting India’s ultrasound laws, Pg10

India's PCPNDT Act, aimed at curbing female foeticide, faces reform calls for hindering cancer diagnostics and failing to adapt to AI-enabled ultrasound.

26 Jun, 2026

Science and Technology in Everyday Life Ethics and Human Interface Human Values, Lessons from Leaders, Reformers and Administrators

Keeping humanity at the centre of the AI revolution, Pg8

Pope Leo XIV and global leaders demand urgent human-centric AI governance, fearing job displacement, misinformation, and threats to human dignity amidst the tech revolution.

Science and Technology in Everyday Life Ethics and Human Interface Human Values, Lessons from Leaders, Reformers and Administrators

26 Jun, 2026

Keeping humanity at the centre of the AI revolution, Pg8

Pope Leo XIV and global leaders demand urgent human-centric AI governance, fearing job displacement, misinformation, and threats to human dignity amidst the tech revolution.

26 Jun, 2026

Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors Science and Technology in Everyday Life Conservation, Pollution and Degradation

Predictive analytics dashboards, hotspot detection: AI-based system set to make AQI forecast sharper, Pg4

IIT-Kanpur's Airawat Foundation partners with Delhi to deploy AI-driven system, promising sharper, year-round air quality forecasts and boosting GRAP effectiveness.

Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors Science and Technology in Everyday Life Conservation, Pollution and Degradation

26 Jun, 2026

Predictive analytics dashboards, hotspot detection: AI-based system set to make AQI forecast sharper, Pg4

IIT-Kanpur's Airawat Foundation partners with Delhi to deploy AI-driven system, promising sharper, year-round air quality forecasts and boosting GRAP effectiveness.

26 Jun, 2026

Architecture Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India's Interests Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

A Nalanda model for the 21st century, Pg10

India must embrace 'cognitive power' for 21st-century national advantage, leveraging a modern Nalanda model for strategic development and global influence.

Architecture Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India's Interests Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

26 Jun, 2026

A Nalanda model for the 21st century, Pg10

India must embrace 'cognitive power' for 21st-century national advantage, leveraging a modern Nalanda model for strategic development and global influence.

26 Jun, 2026

Major Crops, Cropping Patterns and Irrigation Systems Biotechnology Conservation, Pollution and Degradation

Kingmakers: meet the insects that make India’s favourite mangoes, Pg2

Pesticides imperil India's ₹2.6 lakh crore mango industry as vital insect pollinators face severe threats, new study reveals.

Major Crops, Cropping Patterns and Irrigation Systems Biotechnology Conservation, Pollution and Degradation

25 Jun, 2026

Kingmakers: meet the insects that make India’s favourite mangoes, Pg2

Pesticides imperil India's ₹2.6 lakh crore mango industry as vital insect pollinators face severe threats, new study reveals.

25 Jun, 2026

Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

India and UAE explore ways to strengthen defence ties, Pg14

India and UAE deepen strategic defence partnership, discussing BrahMos missile exports and enhancing maritime security cooperation.

Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

25 Jun, 2026

India and UAE explore ways to strengthen defence ties, Pg14

India and UAE deepen strategic defence partnership, discussing BrahMos missile exports and enhancing maritime security cooperation.

25 Jun, 2026

India and its Neighbourhood Relations Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

Adani eyes 10 GW nuclear power plan, Pg13

Adani Group unveils ambitious 10 GW nuclear power plan by 2035, leveraging the SHANTI Bill to unlock private investment in India's nuclear energy sector.

India and its Neighbourhood Relations Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

25 Jun, 2026

Adani eyes 10 GW nuclear power plan, Pg13

Adani Group unveils ambitious 10 GW nuclear power plan by 2035, leveraging the SHANTI Bill to unlock private investment in India's nuclear energy sector.

25 Jun, 2026

Science and Technology in Everyday Life IT and Computers

The strange link between AI hallucination and creativity, Pg2

AI's 'hallucinations' are intrinsically linked to creativity in large language models, revealing fundamental computational limits and demanding new verification institutions.

Science and Technology in Everyday Life IT and Computers

24 Jun, 2026

The strange link between AI hallucination and creativity, Pg2

AI's 'hallucinations' are intrinsically linked to creativity in large language models, revealing fundamental computational limits and demanding new verification institutions.

24 Jun, 2026

Space Technology

Carbon isotopes: clocks of sorts, Pg2

James Webb Space Telescope reveals interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS formed 12 billion years ago from a primordial planetary system, offering cosmic origin insights.

Space Technology

24 Jun, 2026

Carbon isotopes: clocks of sorts, Pg2

James Webb Space Telescope reveals interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS formed 12 billion years ago from a primordial planetary system, offering cosmic origin insights.

24 Jun, 2026

Changes in Industrial Policy and Effects on Industrial Growth Science and Technology in Everyday Life Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

India’s next challenge — from invention to global scale, Pg12

India's tech vision often falters at global scale; urgent need to commercialize AI, quantum, space innovations into competitive industries for future dominance.

Changes in Industrial Policy and Effects on Industrial Growth Science and Technology in Everyday Life Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

24 Jun, 2026

India’s next challenge — from invention to global scale, Pg12

India's tech vision often falters at global scale; urgent need to commercialize AI, quantum, space innovations into competitive industries for future dominance.

24 Jun, 2026

Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate

Army initiates procurement of 3 target systems for aerial warfare, Pg9

Indian Army initiates procurement of three advanced target systems to train troops against evolving aerial threats like drone swarms and missile-like attacks.

Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate

24 Jun, 2026

Army initiates procurement of 3 target systems for aerial warfare, Pg9

Indian Army initiates procurement of three advanced target systems to train troops against evolving aerial threats like drone swarms and missile-like attacks.

24 Jun, 2026

Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development IT and Computers

China beats US with world's fastest supercomputer, Pg15

China's LinShenShine supercomputer, with domestic chips, overtakes US for world's fastest, signaling self-reliance amidst intense AI and tech competition.

Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development IT and Computers

24 Jun, 2026

China beats US with world's fastest supercomputer, Pg15

China's LinShenShine supercomputer, with domestic chips, overtakes US for world's fastest, signaling self-reliance amidst intense AI and tech competition.

24 Jun, 2026

Science and Technology in Everyday Life Role of External State and Non State Actors Security Challenges and Management in Border Areas

From Ukraine to Lebanon, 'invisible' drones are redefining asymmetric warfare, Pg14

Invisible fibre-optic drones redefine asymmetric warfare, challenging Israel's advanced defense systems; India eyes hard-kill countermeasures against this emerging threat.

Science and Technology in Everyday Life Role of External State and Non State Actors Security Challenges and Management in Border Areas

24 Jun, 2026

From Ukraine to Lebanon, 'invisible' drones are redefining asymmetric warfare, Pg14

Invisible fibre-optic drones redefine asymmetric warfare, challenging Israel's advanced defense systems; India eyes hard-kill countermeasures against this emerging threat.

24 Jun, 2026

Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India's Interests Changes in Industrial Policy and Effects on Industrial Growth Robotics and Nanotechnology

Why industry can’t afford to wait for the state to drive the robotics revolution, Pg13

India's industry must drive the robotics revolution, as the global embodied intelligence race between US and China intensifies, challenging India's labor advantage.

Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India's Interests Changes in Industrial Policy and Effects on Industrial Growth Robotics and Nanotechnology

24 Jun, 2026

Why industry can’t afford to wait for the state to drive the robotics revolution, Pg13

India's industry must drive the robotics revolution, as the global embodied intelligence race between US and China intensifies, challenging India's labor advantage.

24 Jun, 2026

Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development Conservation, Pollution and Degradation

India's first hydrogen-powered ferry launched at Varanasi, Pg1

India's first hydrogen-powered ferry unveiled in Varanasi, revolutionizing green transport by December 2025, boosting sustainable inland waterways.

Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development Conservation, Pollution and Degradation

24 Jun, 2026

India's first hydrogen-powered ferry launched at Varanasi, Pg1

India's first hydrogen-powered ferry unveiled in Varanasi, revolutionizing green transport by December 2025, boosting sustainable inland waterways.

24 Jun, 2026

Science and Technology in Everyday Life Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development Robotics and Nanotechnology

Laser strums atoms in quest for better computers, Pg2

Breakthrough: Lasers generate terahertz waves in superlattices via electron pressure, paving the way for faster spintronics and advanced computers.

Science and Technology in Everyday Life Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development Robotics and Nanotechnology

23 Jun, 2026

Laser strums atoms in quest for better computers, Pg2

Breakthrough: Lasers generate terahertz waves in superlattices via electron pressure, paving the way for faster spintronics and advanced computers.

23 Jun, 2026

Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors Science and Technology in Everyday Life Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

World is moving on from paying publishers — India should too, Pg2

Global powers abandon commercial publishers for open access; India's ₹6,000 crore 'One Nation One Subscription' scheme faces critical policy review.

Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors Science and Technology in Everyday Life Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development

23 Jun, 2026

World is moving on from paying publishers — India should too, Pg2

Global powers abandon commercial publishers for open access; India's ₹6,000 crore 'One Nation One Subscription' scheme faces critical policy review.

23 Jun, 2026

Architecture Biotechnology

ASI transfers Rakhigarhi skeletons to AnSI for a scientific investigation, Pg12

ASI transfers 4,600-year-old Rakhigarhi skeletons to AnSI for advanced scientific investigation, aiming to unravel Indus-Saraswati Civilisation mysteries and inform Aryan migration debate.

Architecture Biotechnology

23 Jun, 2026

ASI transfers Rakhigarhi skeletons to AnSI for a scientific investigation, Pg12

ASI transfers 4,600-year-old Rakhigarhi skeletons to AnSI for advanced scientific investigation, aiming to unravel Indus-Saraswati Civilisation mysteries and inform Aryan migration debate.

23 Jun, 2026

Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements Indigenization of Technology and New Technology Development