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Majorana Particles

Why in news? Physicists around the world are excited about recent experiments suggesting the existence of Majorana particles in superconduct...

Cabinet Clears ₹1,500 crore Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Recycling

Why in news? In September 2025 the Union Cabinet approved a six‑year incentive scheme worth ₹1,500 crore under the National Critical M...

Vikram 32‑bit processor: India’s first space‑grade microprocessor

Why in news? At the Semicon India conference held in Bengaluru in early September 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Vikram 3201 â€...

High performance biomanufacturing platforms

Why in news? The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) unveiled a national ne...

CEREBO: Indigenous tool for rapid brain injury detection

Why in news? Scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), AIIMS Bhopal, NIMHANS and startup Bioscan Research recently intr...

Rare quadruple star system discovered

Why in news? Astronomers announced the discovery of a rare quadruple star system named UPM J1040‑33551 AabBab, located about eighty‑two ...

ISRO transfers critical technologies to private industry

Why in news? In‑SPACe, the government body promoting India’s space sector, facilitated the transfer of five technologies developed by th...

AICTE declares 2025 the Year of AI

Why in news? The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) announced that 2025 will be observed as the “Year of Artificial Intelli...

Samudrayaan Project

Why in news? Two Indian aquanauts recently dived more than 5,000 metres in the Atlantic Ocean aboard a French submersible as part of trainin...

National Biofoundry Network

Why in news? India launched its first National Biofoundry Network under the BioE3 initiative to accelerate biomanufacturing and synthetic bi...

Revised National Action Plan on Glanders

Why in news? The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying updated its action plan for managing glanders, a contagious equine disease, wit...

UPM J1040−3551 AabBab

Why in news? Astronomers discovered a rare quadruple star system in our Milky Way galaxy named UPM J1040−3551 AabBab. It is the first know...

India’s First Veterinary Blood Transfusion Guidelines 2025

Why in news? In August 2025 the Government of India released the country’s first guidelines for veterinary blood transfusion. The aim is t...

Wastewater Surveillance for Disease Control

Why in news? The Indian Council of Medical Research announced in August 2025 that it will expand wastewater‑based epidemiology to 50 citi...

Lunar Module Launch Vehicle (LMLV)

Why in news? In August 2025 the Indian Space Research Organisation unveiled plans for the Lunar Module Launch Vehicle, a heavy‑lift rocke...

ISRO’s Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT‑01)

Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully conducted the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT‑01) on 24 August 202...

Why India Needs a National Space Law

Why in news? With private companies launching satellites and plans for space tourism, India’s space activities are expanding rapidly. Howe...

18th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO 2025)

Why in news? The 18th edition of the International Earth Science Olympiad was held in August 2025. A team of Indian school students particip...

India’s Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy

Why in news? The Ministry of Finance released a draft framework in 2025 to define what qualifies as “green” economic activity. This taxo...

Rubella Elimination in Nepal

Why in news? On 18 August 2025 the World Health Organisation declared Nepal free of rubella. It became the first country in the WHO South‑...