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Hyderabad’s CSIR-IICT ties up with ISRO to develop eco-friendly rocket chemical, cut import dependence In a boost to the city's reputation as a hub for chemical research, Hyderabad-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) has signed an MoU with ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) to jointly develop an indigenous, environment-friendly "blowing agent" technology for strategic space applications....

The Metallurgist Who Forged Seamlessness Dr. Komal Kapoor and the Quiet Craft of India's Strategic Self-Reliance There is a word that recurs, almost like a signature, through the career of Dr....

Dr. Komal Kapoor Takes the Helm of ECIL as Chairman & Managing Director

“Wings Over Tuberculosis: How Drones Are Rewriting Rural Diagnosis” An ICMR pilot in rural Telangana cut TB diagnosis from 15 days to 5 — and dropped patient costs from thousands of rupees to less than the price of a bus ticket…...

Andhra Pradesh Bets Big on Ancient Medicine: ₹414 Crore for a New AYUSH Empire Four new AYUSH medical colleges, six integrated hospitals, and over 1,500 modernized dispensaries — the state is positioning itself as India's next big hub for Ayurveda, Unani, and Naturopathy…...

India’s First Homegrown Hydrogen-Powered Train Rolls Out to Push Clean Rail Revolution India on Friday commissioned its first indigenously developed hydrogen-powered train, the "NaMo Green Rail," placing the country alongside China, Germany, Japan and the United States in the small league of nations operating hydrogen fuel cell trains on their rail networks....

Hyderabad Startup Builds India’s First Private Turbofan — Aimed at Cruise Missiles and Combat Drones A small Indian company just did something usually reserved for state-run defence giants — designed a turbofan engine entirely in-house, aiming squarely at the cruise missiles and autonomous combat aircraft of the future…... @raghu-adla https://neosciencehub.com/hyderabad-startup-builds-indias-first-private-turbofan-aimed-at-cruise-missiles-and-combat-drones/

After Decades of Fighting Mosquitoes Alone, India Finally Has a Dengue Vaccine The DCGI has approved Qdenga, ending a uniquely long wait for a country that carries nearly a third of the world's dengue burden…...

Plastic Flow in Our Blood: A Silently Approaching Health Crisis! Over the past decade, microplastics—plastic particles smaller than 5 millimetres—have been detected in almost every corner of the environment, and now in human tissue....

Largest genetic study of borderline personality disorder pinpoints 11 loci, reframing a stigmatised condition A genome-wide analysis of more than a million people finds 11 risk regions and deep genetic overlap with trauma, depression and ADHD, evidence that BPD has measurable biological roots....

Charges over ‘smuggled’ monkeypox samples put NIH virologists at the centre of a biosecurity storm Scientists say the inactivated samples posed no infection risk but may have breached US import-declaration rules. Critics see a prosecution driven by politics; defenders of the rules say shortcuts cannot stand....

Britain’s ‘AI Airlock’ matures into a standing regulator’s sandbox — and India is watching As the UK publishes its second AI Airlock report, Indian med-tech firms confront a fragmenting global rulebook: London's agile model on one side, the EU's rights-based AI Act on the other....

India charts a $691-billion bioeconomy by 2035, but the roadmap’s fate rests on execution NITI Aayog's blueprint proposes six National BioMissions and a Rs 50,000-crore fund to move India from the 'pharmacy of the world' to a biotechnology innovator....

Scotland honours India’s surgical pioneer Sushruta The Father of Surgery Comes Home to the House of Surgeons A 90-kg bronze of Maharishi Sushruta, cast by the temple sculptors of Swamimalai, now stands in the heritage heart of the 521-year-old Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh — the gift of a Telugu-origin surgeon, Prof Chandra VN Cheruvu, who paired the statue with a scholarly compendium, travelling scholarships, and development grants that turn symbolism into living legacy....

Next-generation cast aluminium alloys for automobile and aeronautical applications Researchers at the Department of Materials Engineering (MatE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and collaborators have developed a new lightweight cast aluminium alloy that is both exceptionally strong and remarkably ductile, overcoming one of the biggest challenges in the structural metallurgy of aluminium alloys....

“It Is All a Game of Materials” Dr. C. V. S. Kiran, materials scientist turned founder — fourteen years in German research institutes, then…...

“Every Three Days, a Tanker” — A Neighbour Joins the Mission While NSH sat with Murli Sharma, a resident of the same colony — Khandavalli Saraswati — walked the team through the recharge pit she has just built, and into the other half of the story: what it takes for the lesson of one house to cross the street....