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Understanding Context Windows in AI Models
Why in news? The rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs) has brought attention to their “context windows” – the amount of text a model c...
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Why in news? The rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs) has brought attention to their “context windows” – the amount of text a model c...
Why in news? On 12 January 2026 India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV‑C62) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre carrying the Eart...
Why in news? Two decades after its discovery, graphene continues to be hailed as a “wonder material” with research accelerating its move from labo...
Why in news? A collaborative study by the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (II...
Why in news? In early January 2026, the Drugs Control Administration of Telangana issued a stop‑use notice for Almont‑Kid syrup, an allergy medici...
Why in news? India plans to roll out vehicle‑to‑vehicle (V2V) communication technology across its road network by 2026. Officials announced that n...
Why in news? Researchers using data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reported the discovery of asteroid 2025 MN45, which rotates faster than any oth...
Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that its Dust Experiment instrument recorded an interplanetary dust particle ente...
Why in news? India has entered the era of “clean, green highways” after successfully transferring technology to produce bio‑bitumen from farm re...
Why in news? ISRO’s workhorse rocket, the PSLV‑C62, is scheduled to lift off from Sriharikota on 12 January 2026, marking India’s first space la...
Why in news? Biomaterials have attracted global attention in recent years because they offer solutions to challenges in healthcare, sustainability and...
Why in news? Scientists from Kyoto University reported in March 2025 that they had developed a universal criterion to explain the Mpemba effect using ...
Why in news? Astronomers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital and the Physical Research Laboratory (PR...
Why in news? Medical societies have begun recommending routine testing for C‑reactive protein (CRP) as a tool for assessing cardiovascular risk. Rec...
Why in news? The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) celebrated its 42nd foundation day on 6 January 2026. On this occasion, the g...
Why in news? Around the world, governments have adopted programmes to fortify foods with folic acid and encourage supplementation before and during pr...
Why in news? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that a methane‑produ...
Why in news? Tripura’s power minister Ratan Lal Nath announced that the state has identified ten sites along rivers such as the Gomati, Manu and Fen...
Why in news? The city of Gandhinagar in Gujarat has recorded a spike in typhoid cases during late December 2025 and early January 2026. Leaks in recen...
Why in news? Astronomers recently weighed a rogue planet — one that does not orbit any star — by observing a gravitational microlensing event. By ...