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Palau’s Underwater Interview

Palau’s Underwater Interview

Why in news? On 5 October 2025 Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr. conducted the world’s first live underwater interview. Using a spec...

Certified Quantum Randomness with a Single Qubit

Certified Quantum Randomness with a Single Qubit

Why in news? Researchers from India’s Raman Research Institute (RRI), the Indian Institute of Science and the University of Calgary announ...

Digital Exams: A Green, Efficient and Fair Way to Test

Digital Exams: A Green, Efficient and Fair Way to Test

Why in news? The University Grants Commission and several state boards announced their intent to conduct entrance and recruitment examinatio...

India Mobile Congress 2025

Why in news? The India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025 took place from 8 to 11 October at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. It is Asia’s largest ev...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

Why in news? The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John Martinis for showing that phenom...

Indian Radio Software Architecture (IRSA) 1.0

Indian Radio Software Architecture (IRSA) 1.0

Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) introduced IRSA 1.0, India’s first national software architecture st...

NHAI: QR Code Sign Boards on Highways

NHAI: QR Code Sign Boards on Highways

Why in news? The National Highways Authority of India announced plans to install QR‑code‑enabled sign boards at toll plazas and rest are...

Safeguarding India’s Digital Economy

Safeguarding India’s Digital Economy

Why in news? On 4 October 2025 several newspapers reported a surge in cyber fraud cases such as “digital arrest” scams. Criminals impers...

SARAL: AI Tool to Simplify Science

Why in news? Researchers from the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad and the Anusandhan National Research Foundatio...

DigiLocker – India’s digital document wallet

DigiLocker – India’s digital document wallet

Why in news? In September 2025 the Union Public Service Commission began verifying candidates’ caste, income and disability certificates t...

Siphon‑Powered Desalination

Why in news? Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) announced a low‑cost desalination technique that uses a fabric‑lined ...

AstroSat – India’s first space observatory

AstroSat – India’s first space observatory

Why in news? As AstroSat marked ten years in orbit on 28 September 2025, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shared results from t...

BSNL’s Swadeshi 4G Network Stack

Why in news? Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched its indigenously developed 4G (and 5G‑ready) network stack on 28 September 2025....

Radar‑Mounted Drones for Surveillance

Radar‑Mounted Drones for Surveillance

Why in news? The Border Security Force (BSF) announced that it had successfully tested drones equipped with radar systems to monitor India...

Soilification Technology

Soilification Technology

Why in news? Researchers at the Central University of Rajasthan announced in September 2025 that they successfully grew wheat in desert sand...

India’s Fusion Energy Roadmap

India’s Fusion Energy Roadmap

Why in news? Researchers at the Institute for Plasma Research in Gujarat unveiled plans in September 2025 to develop the Steady‑State Supe...

Artificial Intelligence and India’s Global Race

Artificial Intelligence and India’s Global Race

Why in news? The Union Cabinet approved a multi‑year IndiaAI Mission in September 2025 with a budget of over ₹10,000 crore. The mission ...

Paracetamol (Tylenol)

Why in news? With the onset of flu season in September 2025, doctors cautioned the public to use paracetamol responsibly. The drug is widely...

Protecting India’s Satellites

Protecting India’s Satellites

Why in news? India plans to launch dozens of satellites over the next decade for communications, navigation, weather forecasting and defence...

Phytosaur Fossil Discovery

Phytosaur Fossil Discovery

Why in news? Villagers near Megha village in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district stumbled upon fossilised bones in September 2025. Early analys...