science and technology

Gandhinagar, April 10 – Gujarat has taken a step to further strengthen its collaboration with Taiwan in advanced manufacturing, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an India-Taiwan Industrial Park in the Sanand–Dholera region, officials said on Friday.The...

Ahmedabad, April 10 The Gujarat government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan-based Allegiance International Co Ltd on Friday to develop an Indo-Taiwan Industrial Park in the Sanand-Dholera region, aimed at boosting investments in semiconductors and related sectors.The...

Ujjain, April 7 Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said it is time to discuss and deliberate on a 'Mahakal Standard Time' in place of the 'Greenwich Mean Time' as Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh is "the original centre of time calculation".All major spiritual centres of India, be it...

New Delhi, April 7 – Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit Washington from April 8 to 10, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Tuesday, adding that the visit will provide an opportunity to review India-US relations."The visit will provide an opportunity to review the full...

New Delhi, April 7 Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will undertake a three-day visit to Washington DC, starting Wednesday, to review the full range of India-US relations.The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Misri's trip from April 8-10 will provide an opportunity to advance ongoing...

Kurukshetra, April 3 Principal scientific advisor to the Centre, Ajay Kumar Sood, on Friday stressed the need for innovation-driven growth, saying science and technology must play a key role in shaping the country's future.Addressing the 18th Goyal Prizes at Kurukshetra University, he said...

Dushanbe, April 1 – Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sibi George, met with Tajikistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, on Wednesday, discussing bilateral relations and matters of common regional and global interest.During his visit to Dushanbe...

New Delhi, March 28 The Centre has invited nominations for the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) 2026, a national initiative to recognize outstanding contributions in the fields of science, technology, and innovation.The awards are administered by the RVP Secretariat, Council of Scientific and...

New Delhi, March 26 A parliamentary panel has recommended prioritizing funding for the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMDER) to expand uranium and rare metal exploration in the country.In a report presented in both Houses of Parliament, the Department-related...

Chandigarh, March 25 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini met with Russia's Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, on Wednesday, and highlighted the state's strengths in various sectors, including IT, automobiles, agro-processing, textiles, and manufacturing.The chief minister held detailed...

New Delhi, March 24 – Secretary (South) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Neena Malhotra, expressed India's commitment to South-South cooperation on Tuesday, aiming to foster collaboration in science and technology, ranging from affordable healthcare to smart agriculture and water and...

Ahmedabad, March 23 – More than 200 patent applications have been filed for innovations developed by students participating in ‘Robofest Gujarat 5.0’, officials said at the grand finale held at Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad on Monday.The patents were facilitated through the Patent...

Kolkata, March 23 The 160-year-old University of Calcutta must emerge as a key stakeholder in a globally networked knowledge ecosystem, IIT Kharagpur Director Suman Chakraborty said at the university's convocation on Monday.He urged students to measure success not by ranking, but by expanding...

Colombo, March 19 – India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, met Sri Lanka's Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, K D Lal Kantha, on Thursday, discussing opportunities for collaboration to increase, particularly the use of cost-effective technology, to boost...

New Delhi, March 12 India and Chile have agreed to enhance cooperation in trade, investment, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, science and technology, and other sectors.Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh visited Chile from March 10-12, and represented the Government of...

Gandhinagar, March 9 Universities must evolve into centers of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship to keep pace with changing global trends, Gujarat’s Science and Technology Minister Arjun Modhwadia said on Monday while addressing the state’s first-ever Vice Chancellors’ meet.The one-day...

Gandhinagar, March 7 – The number of women enrolled in higher educational institutions in Gujarat has increased from 8.82 lakh in 2023-24 to 9.07 lakh in 2024-25, reflecting a steady rise in female participation in the state’s higher education sector.According to the Socio-Economic Review...

Principal Scientific Advisor Professor Ajay Kumar Sood has emphasized the importance of strengthening science diplomacy by exploring the role of the private sector in shaping frameworks to anticipate and govern disruptive technologies. He made this statement while chairing the inaugural edition...

Indian scientists have helped rewrite a 50-year-old rule of biological gene regulation in bacteria, and have unveiled new pathways for understanding bacterial gene regulation and its evolution. The Ministry of Science and Technology stated that this could help in the design of better antibiotics...

February 28, Kohima: Nagaland joined the rest of the country in observing National Science Day 2026 under the theme ‘Women in Science: Catalysing Viksit Bharat’.At the state-level celebration held in Kohima, Principal Secretary I. Himato Zhimomi emphasized the critical role of science and...