Karnataka has launched the country’s first State-led Centre of Excellence for Space Technology (CoE SpaceTech Foundation) in Bengaluru. The initiative aims to strengthen India’s capabilities to translate space innovation into scalable, commercial outcomes. The centre has been established by the State government through the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society in collaboration with SIA-India.
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April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Science & Tech
Science Snapshots: May 3, 2026
Electric method can identify coffee strength and roast The industry’s current tools can measure coffee strength but can’t separate roast colours. Researchers used cyclic voltammetry to pass a current through brewed coffee and found the electrical response revealed the strength. They also found the roast colour was related to how much caffeine stuck to the...
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April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Science & Tech
Space Wrap: From Sriharikota to Leh, preparations for Gaganyaan mission in full swing
While the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has not come out with any firm dates as to when it plans to accomplish the launches it was scheduled to undertake this year which includes the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan (G1), April saw the space agency executing the second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for the...
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April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
Invasive species may be the wrong enemy in a changing subcontinent
Across India, campaigns against invasive alien species (IAS) are gathering administrative and judicial force. Authorities now identify, map, classify, and remove species deemed ecological threats. In the last year alone, India’s English-language press has carried sustained coverage of ecological-loss studies, State eradication drives, and human-wildlife conflicts linked to such species. What was once a niche...
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April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
Critically endangered Peacock Tarantula in spotlight after Pawan Kalyan post
A striking, electric-blue spider from the Eastern Ghats has spun its way into public conversation after Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan shared a post on Instagram, calling the Peacock Tarantula “a rare jewel of the Eastern Ghats… finally getting the attention it deserves.” The species in focus, Peacock Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica), is among...
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April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
What it takes to move heat action plans from advisories to mandates
Large commercial complexes, textile shops, and jewellery showrooms blast cold air onto the high street in T. Nagar, Chennai, where the average summer temperature is over 35 °C. Shoppers dart from one air-conditioned building to another. But these ACs also cause an urban heat-island effect, making it one of the top 20 most vulnerable spots...
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April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Science & Tech
Science Quiz on explorers who undertook ‘impossible’ expeditions
Name this Norwegian adventurer, who set out on April 28, 1947, on the infamous Kon-Tiki expedition, since considered to be racially motivated, to the Polynesian islands. Published – April 30, 2026 05:05 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit
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April 29, 2026April 29, 2026Science & Tech
A short video helps science reporting, but not India’s newsroom realities
Lara Marie Berger, Anna Kerkhof, and Nikola Noske, ‘Improving science literacy in the newsroom: Experimental evidence’, PNAS Nexus Science journalism is an endlessly fascinating enterprise. Being good at it doesn’t take more than being a ‘decent’ writer (as they say), a good journalist, and navigating science and science communication with a good journalist’s sensibilities. That...
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April 29, 2026April 29, 2026Science & Tech
How decentralising therapy can help bridge India’s treatment gap
India continues to face a large mental health treatment gap, with nearly 85% of individuals with common mental disorders receiving no formal care. However, over the past decade, access to antidepressant medication, especially drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), has improved, marking an important shift toward making treatment more available. This expansion is important...
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April 29, 2026April 29, 2026Science & Tech
The ingredients of India’s biopharma ambitions
The COVID-19 pandemic was a watershed moment for our country. While the pharmaceutical sector was robust, it lacked the capacity to produce specialised molecular components at scale. At the start of 2020, nearly all of the 20-plus reagents and enzymes required for making the vaccine kits were imported. Supplies were also vulnerable as the countries...
