Science, technology, health and innovation.
Starlink awaits final approvals in India. Spectrum, security and pricing rules must be public, fair and in citizens' interest.
OpenAI fired three safety researchers who say they were punished for warnings. The company denies it. Independent oversight is needed.
The US suspended eight firms from green card steps and probed universities. Workers bear the cost; evidence must be public.
Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich will shape Pentagon priorities. The question is who protects the public interest.
Washington chose voluntary pledges, California chose binding law. India must decide how to protect workers from automated decisions.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has named Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to co-lead Project Meridian, a 120-day study of future war. It is Musk's first government role since DOGE. It also puts two defence contractors in charge of deciding which technologies the Pentagon should want.
AI executives agreed at the White House this week to self-police their industry, while California's governor signed laws on AI job losses and workplace surveillance. The two approaches show a widening gap between voluntary promises and binding rules. India, which has neither, should pay attention.
Trump and Xi exchanged warm words at a White House dinner, with Xi urging AI stay under human control. Substance behind the pageantry remains unclear.
A new WHO report says ethics checks on AI health research must continue well past the approval stage. India has new rules for AI medical software, but oversight of research still has gaps.
Indian Railways cleared four works worth ₹736 crore on 19 September, led by Kavach on 607.7 km in Lucknow Division. Here is the cost breakdown, and why Kavach took so long.
Semicon 2.0 has drawn about ₹1 lakh crore in investment commitments and Odisha plans a chip hub at Naraj. Semicon 1.0's record shows why pledges need tracking.
Modi launched SEMICON India 2026 and announced a $13.5 billion second phase of the chip mission, as India's first factories start shipping real chips.
The Delhi summit put a Healthy Lifestyle Mission on the BRICS table. For India, that means fighting yesterday’s malnutrition and tomorrow’s diabetes at the same time.
Free UPI for small payments stays. Above ₹2,000, merchant fees are coming back. The politics is about keeping digital India cheap for people — while finally paying the pipes that carry the money.
After two years of consultation, India has paused its landmark Big Tech regulation bill for fresh market studies — a reset that reveals how hard it is to write rules for markets that change faster than legislation can.
China's models are matching America's best. The gap is closing faster than anyone predicted. India is watching from the sidelines of the most consequential technology race in history.
As research funding experiments with lotteries, science confronts an uncomfortable question: can chance sometimes choose promising ideas better than experts?
Nearly five decades after launch, Voyager 2 still explores interstellar space, but its fading power raises questions about humanity’s future beyond Earth.
The race to build AI infrastructure is producing an unexpected political backlash across the United States. Communities are increasingly challenging data-centre projects over electricity demand, water use, environmental pressures, noise and the question of who actually benefits from these enormous facilities. Meta has now announced a $1 billion fund for comm
Nvidia has joined forces with six major financial institutions to mobilise more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI computing infrastructure. The initiative reflects a major shift in the AI race: building models is no longer just a technology challenge, but a capital-intensive infrastructure project involving chips, data centres, electricity and
India’s proposed Seed Bill could determine how the country regulates the next generation of agricultural biotechnology. Industry bodies are seeking explicit legal recognition for gene editing, arguing that technologies such as molecular breeding, genomic selection and AI-assisted breeding can accelerate the development of higher-yielding and climate-resilien
Scientists have sequenced the complete genomes of four Asian hornbill species, providing new insights into millions of years of evolutionary history and population decline. The findings offer conservationists a powerful genetic roadmap to better protect some of Asia's most threat
India's digital health revolution is entering a new phase. As artificial intelligence moves from experimental tools to clinical infrastructure, the country's next healthcare transformation will depend on integrating AI into diagnostics, public health, hospitals, and preventive care—while ensuring trust, equity, and robust governance.
