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ALS and Pesticides: What a Meta-Analysis Can Actually Show

ALS and Pesticides: What a Meta-Analysis Can Actually Show

Why in news? A systematic review and meta-analysis appeared online on 4 August 2026. Occupational and Environmental Medicine published the study; it f...

Blood Falls: Marine Legacy Traced beneath Antarctic Ice

Blood Falls: Marine Legacy Traced beneath Antarctic Ice

Why in news? Researchers found new molecular evidence for a marine legacy beneath Antarctica's Blood Falls. Their study examined 167 environmental sam...

Pigeonpea Asha: India's First Gapless Reference Genome

Pigeonpea Asha: India's First Gapless Reference Genome

Why in news? Indian scientists completed a telomere-to-telomere reference genome for the pigeonpea variety Asha. The assembly covers difficult repetit...

HYDERACENE: Patented Binder-Catalyst for Solid Propellants

HYDERACENE: Patented Binder-Catalyst for Solid Propellants

Why in news? The University of Hyderabad received an Indian patent for a material called HYDERACENE. The patent was granted on 21 July 2026 after four...

Hexavalent Vaccine: Weighing a Six-in-One Shot for India

Hexavalent Vaccine: Weighing a Six-in-One Shot for India

Why in news? A new study modelled hexavalent vaccination within India's public immunisation programme. One injection would combine antigens now delive...

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Gains Regional Technical Role

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Gains Regional Technical Role

Why in news? A regional regulatory network recognised two technical roles for the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission. It became a centre of excellence fo...

Nitrosamines: Managing Cancer Risk in Drugs and Food

Nitrosamines: Managing Cancer Risk in Drugs and Food

Why in news? Health regulators renewed scrutiny of nitrosamines in medicines and processed foods. These compounds can form during production, storage ...

Tribal Gut Microbiomes: Diet Shapes Indian Community Patterns

Tribal Gut Microbiomes: Diet Shapes Indian Community Patterns

Why in news? A new study compared gut microbes across eight Indian tribal communities. It analysed samples from seventy-six healthy adults in four geo...

African Swine Fever: India's First Indigenous Vaccine Candidate

African Swine Fever: India's First Indigenous Vaccine Candidate

Why in news? Indian scientists developed the country's first indigenous African swine fever vaccine. The live attenuated candidate uses a locally prod...

Magnetorheological Fluid: New Indian Wear-Testing Instrument

Magnetorheological Fluid: New Indian Wear-Testing Instrument

Why in news? Indian researchers developed an instrument for studying magnetorheological fluids. The device measures flow, friction and wear under a ma...

TRAI MyCall App: Crowdsourcing Mobile Call Quality Feedback

TRAI MyCall App: Crowdsourcing Mobile Call Quality Feedback

Why in news? India launched a revamped MyCall application for Android users. It collects feedback about mobile calling quality after calls. Users can ...

Vessel Communication System: Transponders on Fishing Boats

Vessel Communication System: Transponders on Fishing Boats

Why in news? India continued installing satellite transponders on small marine fishing vessels. The national plan targets one lakh mechanised and moto...

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