Science & Techonlogy

Dr. M.O. Garg takes charge as Director General of CSIR

Kolkata becomes India’s first Wi-Fi-enabled metro city

Two beneficial algal species discovered off the west coast of India

India ranked second last in GIPC’s International Intellectual Property Index

Micromax overtakes Samsung in India’s smartphone market: Canalys Report

MP’s in UK vote to legalise three-person babies using Mitochondrial Donation Technique

NASA launches SMAP satellite to observe soil moisture

IIT Bombay launches Mass Open Online Courses (MOOC)

US tech giant Apple reports largest quarterly profit in history

Hike Messenger introduces free voice calling service to its users

Ancient star with five Earth size planets discovered by astronomers

Gujarat Technological University launches e-Raksha centre to fight cybercrime

TRAI issues draft rules for full mobile number portability

India, US inks pact to cooperate in ICTE to facilitate Digital India programme

US scientists make safe GMO

Microsoft unveils virtual assistant Cortana for Windows handsets

Union Government launches monitoring system for skill development scheme

Union Cabinet gives nod to FM Phase 3 auction

Missing Mars probe Beagle 2 found on Mars after 11 years

ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission team wins 2015 Space Pioneer Award

Idukki district of Kerala becomes India’s first district with rural broadband network

DRDO successfully tests advance EW suite in Tejas-PV1 Aircraft

Union Government unblocks 32 websites

NASA’s Kepler Telescope achieves big milestone with 1,000th exoplanet discovery

ICICI Bank launches India’s first contactless credit and debit cards

Government gives nod to Neutrino project in Tamil Nadu

ICICI Bank Launches Digital Village Project in Akodara Village of Gujarat

PM inaugurates 102nd Indian Science Congress 2015 at Mumbai University

Delhi Police launches women safety mobile app ‘Himmat’

Union government blocks 32 websites for spreading anti-India views and ISIS propaganda

Microsoft sues Indian firm C-Cubed Solutions for technical support scam

ICRISAT launches ‘Green PHABLET’ to empower small farmers

China launches Yaogan-26 remote sensing satellite

Telangana government starts ‘Prati Inta e-Sakshatha’ programme under NDLM to e-literate 30,000 persons

National Mathematics Day being celebrated on Srinivasa Ramanujan’s birth anniversary

Microbes discovered living beneath earth by deepest marine drill

India successfully launches communication satellite GSAT-16

NASA’s Orion capsule blasts off for test flight to Mars

China launches new Yaogan-23 remote sensing satellite

Rosetta mission’s Philae probe landed on Comet 67P