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Waste Foundry Sand: CRRI, Road Construction & Circular Economy

Waste Foundry Sand: CRRI, Road Construction & Circular Economy

Why in news? On 26 March 2026 the CSIR‑Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) signed a collaboration with the Institute of Indian Foundrymen and a p...

Neoloboptera peninsularis: Deccan Peninsula, New Cockroach Species & ZSI

Neoloboptera peninsularis: Deccan Peninsula, New Cockroach Species & ZSI

Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Prof. Ramkrishna More College, Pune, announced the discovery of a new cockroach...

CALM-Brain Repository: NIMHANS, Psychiatric Research & Digital Health

CALM-Brain Repository: NIMHANS, Psychiatric Research & Digital Health

Why in news? On 26 March 2026, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) and the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NC...

PRISM-SG Portal: Rail-Road Bridges, ROB Approvals & Infrastructure Digitisation

PRISM-SG Portal: Rail-Road Bridges, ROB Approvals & Infrastructure Digitisation

Why in news? On 25 March 2026 the Union Ministers for Road Transport and Highways and Railways jointly launched the Portal for Rail‑Road Inspection ...

Helium Supply Disruptions: Semiconductor Industry, Qatar Ras Laffan & Inert Gas

Helium Supply Disruptions: Semiconductor Industry, Qatar Ras Laffan & Inert Gas

Why in news? India’s semiconductor and printed circuit board industries have sounded the alarm over potential shortages of helium gas after attacks ...

GARBH-INi Programme: Preterm Births, AI Prediction & Maternal Health

GARBH-INi Programme: Preterm Births, AI Prediction & Maternal Health

Why in news? On 23 March 2026 the Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, announced that India’s largest pregnancy co...

Lunar Titanium: Magma Ocean, Chandrayaan-4 & Ilmenite-Bearing Cumulates

Lunar Titanium: Magma Ocean, Chandrayaan-4 & Ilmenite-Bearing Cumulates

Why in news? Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad have experimentally decod...

Akasha300 3D Printer: ISRO Additive Manufacturing, PEEK Polymers & Tech

Akasha300 3D Printer: ISRO Additive Manufacturing, PEEK Polymers & Tech

Why in news? A domestically developed Akasha300 3D printer was recently delivered to the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Liquid Propulsion Syst...

Minor Planet Center: Jupiter Moons, Saturn Satellites & Solar System

Minor Planet Center: Jupiter Moons, Saturn Satellites & Solar System

Why in news? On 16 March 2026, the Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced the confirmation of 15 new moons: 11 orbiting Saturn and 4 orbiting Jupiter. Wi...

National AI Skilling Initiative: Generative AI, India Workforce & Google

National AI Skilling Initiative: Generative AI, India Workforce & Google

Why in news? The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, in collaboration with Google and YouTube, recently launched a National AI Skilling Initiative...

Sahiwal Calves IVF: OPU-IVF-ET Technique, Indigenous Breeds & Dairy

Sahiwal Calves IVF: OPU-IVF-ET Technique, Indigenous Breeds & Dairy

Why in news? Scientists at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) announced in early March 2026 that they had successfully produced five heal...

Smog-Eating Road Coatings: Photocatalytic Titanium Dioxide & Delhi Air Pollution

Smog-Eating Road Coatings: Photocatalytic Titanium Dioxide & Delhi Air Pollution

Why in news? The Delhi government and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras launched a six‑month pilot project in March 2026 to test smog�...

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