India and Japan’s Chandrayaan-5 (also called LUPEX) mission is advancing to the design phase, aiming to detect water and water-ice at the Moon’s south pole.Scheduled for launch in 2027–28 on Japan’s H3 rocket, the 6.5-tonne lander and a 350-kg rover equipped with seven instruments (from ISRO, JAXA, ESA, and NASA) will perform in-situ scientific experiments.The […]
The Samudrayaan mission marks a historic step for India in the field of deep-sea exploration, combining advanced indigenous technology and scientific research to explore ocean depths of 6,000 meters.With objectives spanning resource exploration, marine biodiversity study, and strategic maritime presence, the mission positions India among a handful of nations with manned ocean exploration capabilities.This initiative
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Scientists have created the first-ever pangenome of Asian rice by analyzing 144 varieties using advanced HiFi sequencing.This new genome map provides a broader genetic base, helping researchers design better rice cultivars with traits such as drought resistance, disease tolerance, and climate resilience.The study highlights rice’s evolutionary roots in Or-IIIa wild rice, offering pathways to improve
India and the European Union (EU) have jointly launched two critical research calls under the India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) to tackle Marine Plastic Litter (MPL) and develop Waste to Green Hydrogen (W2GH) solutions.With a combined investment of ₹391 crore (~€41 million), the initiatives are aimed at fostering sustainable technologies through international scientific collaboration.These
Sarvam AI has launched Bulbul-v2, an advanced text-to-speech model supporting 11 Indian languages with natural Indian accents.Built for real-time speech synthesis, the model includes features like pitch, pace, and loudness control, smart text preprocessing, and multiple audio sample rates.As the first Indian startup chosen to build a sovereign LLM under the IndiaAI mission, Sarvam AI
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India has taken a global lead by launching two genome-edited rice varieties—DRR Rice 100 and Pusa DST Rice 1—developed by ICAR using CRISPR-Cas technology.These innovations aim to boost agricultural yield by up to 30%, reduce environmental impact by cutting greenhouse emissions by 20%, and conserve critical water resources.This step not only supports sustainable agriculture but
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India is set to establish its first Quantum Computing Village in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, led by the Real-Time Governance Society (RTGS) with key collaborators IBM, TCS, and L&T.Spanning 50 acres, the facility will feature the IBM Quantum System Two, a cutting-edge quantum computer, housed in an iconic building designed by L&T and conceptualized by IBM.The
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Aryabhata, launched on April 19, 1975, was India’s first indigenously developed satellite, marking a historic milestone in the nation’s space journey.Developed by ISRO with a team of just 25 engineers, it was launched aboard the Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar, Russia, due to India’s lack of indigenous launch capabilities.Named after the 5th-century mathematician and
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The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission, a landmark Earth observation collaboration between ISRO and NASA, is now expected to launch in June 2025 aboard a GSLV.Designed to monitor glacier retreat, vegetation change, earthquakes, and ground deformation with 1 cm precision, it will advance climate and disaster models. Originally set for 2024, the launch was
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India has achieved a major milestone in secure communication with the successful testing of the country’s first Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over a 4-core Multi-Core Fibre (MCF) by C-DOT and Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (STL).The test sustained QKD transmission over 100 km, using one core for quantum signals and the other three for high-speed classical data,
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