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World Health Organization (WHO) issues Global Guideline on the use of GLP-1 Medicines in treating Obesity

WHO conditionally recommends GLP-1 therapies for obesity as part of a broader approach including healthy diet, physical activity, and professional support.

News Today | 02 Dec 2025 | Science and Technology | Health and drugs-related issues/technology

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) observes World AIDS Day 2025

The National AIDS Control Organization (under MoHFW) has been observing World AIDS Day annually on December 1 since 1992.

News Today | 02 Dec 2025 | Science and Technology | Health and drugs-related issues/technology

Prime Minister pushes for private sector entry in India’s Nuclear Sector

Highlighting the expansion of private entities in Space sector, Prime Minister said that the government is moving towards opening up the civil nuclear sector for private players.

News Today | 28 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Science and Technology (Misc)

Sovereign AI on the rise as nations move to reduce dependence on global superpowers

As the U.S. and China compete for AI dominance, other countries, including India, are pursuing Sovereign AI to stay secure and competitive.

News Today | 26 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Information Technology

Digital Sequence Information is one of the main issues under Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources

Digital Sequence Information is one of the main issues under Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food cautioned that Digital Sequence Information (DSI) could fundamentally undermine the mandate of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA).

News Today | 26 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Biotechnology

G20 Summit: PM Modi calls for global compact to stop misuse of AI

Daily News Summary | 24 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Current Affairs (Science and Technology)

ISRO Conducted the Boot-strap mode start test on CE20 Cryogenic Engine under vacuum conditions

This is the first time that boot-strap mode starting of a gas-generator cycle cryogenic engine is being done without any auxiliary start-up system enhancing the restart capability and mission flexibility of future LVM3 flights.

News Today | 20 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Basic Astronomy and Space Technology

India launches first indigenous CRISPR based gene therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

The Gene Therapy, named BIRSA 101 is dedicated to Bhagwan Birsa Munda, a great tribal freedom fighter.

News Today | 20 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Biotechnology

National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2.0 launched

The Union Minister launched the second version of the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR) (2025–29).

News Today | 19 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Health and drugs-related issues/technology

Precision Biotherapeutics

Precision biotherapeutics are emerging as the next frontier in personalised medicine.

News Today | 18 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Biotechnology

Sentinel-6B

The Sentinel-6B satellite was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a Falcon 9 rocket.

News Today | 18 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Electronics and Communication

Rs 30 lakh fine, jail in draft Bill to curb sale of low-quality seeds

Daily News Summary | 14 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Science and Technology (Misc)

Quantum Diamond Microscope

IIT Bombay develops India’s first Quantum Diamond Microscope under the National Quantum Mission.

News Today | 13 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Science and Technology (Misc)

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Recent reports highlight the use of FTIR spectroscopy as a rapid and effective tool for detecting material evidence in post-blast forensic investigations.

News Today | 13 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Science and Technology (Misc)

DNA Identification

DNA Identification/profiling used to identify suspects or victims at Red fort blast site.

News Today | 13 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Biotechnology

Aurora

Auroras were witnessed in Northern America, Australia etc. due to a cannibal solar storm.

News Today | 13 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Science and Technology (Misc)

India’s largest and first MWh-Scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) inaugurated at NTPC NETRA

Flow Batteries, along with solid state batteries, are one of the next generation battery technologies and are emerging as an alternative to lithium-ion for grid-scale applications, offering flexibility, longevity, and safety.

News Today | 12 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Energy-harnessing technologies

Altermagnetism

Altermagnetism emerges as a new class of magnetic order having properties of both ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism.

News Today | 12 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology | Energy-harnessing technologies

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal–organic frameworks.

Monthly Magazine | 12 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis have been awarded Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.

Monthly Magazine | 12 Nov 2025 | Science and Technology

Transformation of Family Structures in India

Role of Indian Diaspora in Making India Self-Reliant

Economic Growth and Structural Transformation

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