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India’s semiconductor market to grow to $120 billion by 2030, says Deloitte study

By 2035, mobile phones, automotive, computing, and data centres are expected to account for over 70% of India’s total semiconductor demand, states the report by Deloitte.

Rhinos roamed all of north India 3,000 years ago. How did they get confined to Kaziranga

Researchers from Lucknow’s Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences mapped how the population and movement of rhinos were impacted by human activities and climatic conditions.

Kerala’s Vela carli crab specimens have both male and female reproductive organs

Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India and MES Mampad College of Calicut studied the anatomy of more than a hundred Vela carli crabs collected in Kerala.

India’s NavIC is not fully functional even after 27 years—military loses the most

Last week, ISRO confirmed that the atomic clock on board the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System-1F—the first generation of the NavIC satellites—had stopped functioning.

Oxford scientists find a new planet that changes our understanding of space—it’s molten

The findings, which imply that molten planets may be quite common, suggest astronomers may need to be more cautious about designating exoplanets as potentially habitable.

Centre funds Chennai-based startup OrbitAID, shows ‘govt support for advanced space technologies’

OrbitAID’s AayulSAT was scheduled to fly on board ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’s C-62 mission, which ultimately failed to place the satellites in orbit.

World’s longest non-stop migration is by a bird weighing 0.5 kg. It shrinks internal organs

Every year in September and October, bar-tailed godwits leave the shores of Alaska to travel 13,000 km southward to Australia and New Zealand.

Water from desert air? Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi can do it without electricity

Large-scale units, about the size of a 20ft shipping container, to harvest water from the air in arid regions are in development. They can generate up to 1000 litres of water a day.

99% of flood assessments got sea levels wrong, says study. Indo-Pacific faces worst risk

New Delhi: Coastal sea levels are much higher than most flood-risk studies have assumed so far, new research has found. That means millions more...

Neanderthal men mated with Homo sapiens women. It was a matter of preference, study finds

The study, published in Science, was motivated by a curious observation—the X chromosome in modern humans has a minimal amount of Neanderthal DNA. 

On Camera

Chiraiya shows marital rape is structural—it is embedded in India’s legal framework

Chiraiya, streaming on JioHostar, confronts consent within marriage. It stars Divya Dutta, Siddharth Shaw and Prasanna Bisht.

Drug regulator calls on Indian pharma to move beyond generics, address dependence on bulk imports

Advice comes at a time when India accounts for a 5th of global generic drug supply & 40% of generics used in US. However, this strength in finished formulations relies on imported ingredients.

1st batch of 2,000 India-made Israeli Negev LMGs delivered to Army; 4,000 more to be delivered this year

The Indian Army is set to get another 4,000 of these LMGs as part of a contract signed in August 2024 to replace the 5.56x45mm INSAS LMG.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.