From the historic high of landing on the moon to the recent sobering reality of failed launches and near-misses that have triggered internal reviews, the last five years have been a period of strategic volatility for the Department of Space (DoS). What began as a celebrated era of ‘unlocking’ the sector, marked by the Indian...
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January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Science & Tech
Private sector seeks anchor contracts as Dept of Space struggles to use funds
From the historic high of landing on the moon to the recent sobering reality of failed launches and near-misses that have triggered internal reviews, the last five years have been a period of strategic volatility for the Department of Space (DoS). What began as a celebrated era of ‘unlocking’ the sector, marked by the Indian...
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January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Science & Tech
Economic Survey 2026: Private sector seeks anchor contracts as Dept of Space struggles to use funds
From the historic high of landing on the moon to the recent sobering reality of failed launches and near-misses that have triggered internal reviews, the last five years have been a period of strategic volatility for the Department of Space (DoS). What began as a celebrated era of ‘unlocking’ the sector, marked by the Indian...
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January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Science & Tech
Economic Survey 2026: FinMin may be okay with flat space budget, NSIL could pick up slack
From the historic high of landing on the moon to the recent sobering reality of failed launches and near-misses that have triggered internal reviews, the last five years have been a period of strategic volatility for the Department of Space (DoS). What began as a celebrated era of ‘unlocking’ the sector, marked by the Indian...
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January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Science & Tech
Economic Survey 2025: will NSIL pick up the slack of a flat space budget?
From the historic high of landing on the moon to the recent sobering reality of failed launches and near-misses that have triggered internal reviews, the last five years have been a period of strategic volatility for the Department of Space (DoS). What began as a celebrated era of ‘unlocking’ the sector, marked by the Indian...
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January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Science & Tech
IIT-Kanpur team develops new way to predict solar cycles
The sun is a giant magnetic ball that goes through roughly 11-year cycles of activity that drive solar flares and space weather that can disrupt satellites and power grids on the earth. But predicting the strength and timing of these cycles has been difficult because scientists can’t see the magnetic fields deep inside the sun,...
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January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Science & Tech
Can international patent law handle a permanent space presence?
Space stations, lunar bases, and Mars missions have moved from humans’ imagination to engineering reality. In these environments, innovation emerges through collaboration rather than isolation. Living on the moon or Mars will depend on continuous technological innovation, including on systems that extract water, generate energy and recycle waste and which can adapt to harsh and...
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January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Science & Tech
The Doomsday Clock shows the danger but not the way out
On January 27, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has been to the metaphorical point of global catastrophe. The Doomsday Clock is historically significant because it transformed the abstract, technical threat of nuclear war into a universally understood symbol of urgency. Since the...
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January 28, 2026January 28, 2026Science & Tech
Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on PIL challenging ban on adopting frozen embryos
The Delhi High Court issued notice to the Central Government on Wednesday (January 28, 2026), seeking its stand on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the blanket ban on the adoption of frozen embryos. A Bench of Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued notice to the Centre while hearing a PIL...
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January 28, 2026January 28, 2026Science & Tech
PRIYA trial links teen B12 intake to long-term health in babies
It is known that the Indian population, particularly vegetarians, is deficient in vitamin B12. The vitamin essential for the formation of blood cells and the functioning of nerve cells is mainly found in animal-derived food. B12 deficiency during pregnancy has been associated with neural tube defects and poor foetal growth, affecting long-term health. In 1993,...
