India second highest contributor of children under-five deaths worldwide in 2023: Study
About one million children worldwide died before turning five in 2023 due to factors affecting growth, including being...
NIT Rourkela designs waste water treatment innovation to revitalise India’s ‘Dhobi ghats’
Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, have designed a nature-based wastewater treatment innovation targeted towards...
8 arms, 1 piano! Clever octopus learns to ‘play’ keyboard to get treats
In a bizarre yet fascinating experiment, Swedish musician Mattias Krantz has taught an octopus named Takoyaki to play...
Scientists develop new strategy to split water for generating hydrogen, giving impetus to green energy
Indian scientists have developed a new strategy for enhancing the activity of catalysts used to split water for...
R&D projects in Punjab under Centre’s scheme witness decline
The number of scientific projects sanctioned under Centrally sponsored schemes for different research and development institutes located in...
Sanchar Saathi app no longer mandatory: Govt rolls back decision amid backlash
The government has rolled back its decision to make the Sanchar Saathi app mandatory for pre-installation on mobile...
Pune researchers find massive, grand-design spiral galaxy existing since universe’s infancy
Two researchers from an astrophysics institute in Pune have discovered one of the most distant spiral galaxies ever...
“Internet will be less safe,” says Australian teen challenging social media ban
A teenager suing the Australian government to overturn a ban on social media for under-16s says the measure...
Winter storms blanket East, while US West is wondering: Where’s snow?
Ski season is here, but while the eastern half of the US digs out from winter storms, the...
Centre directs pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app in new phones for cybersecurity
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has directed manufacturers and importers of mobile handsets to ensure that its fraud...