The impact of India-EU FTA on AI and semiconductor tech

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In a milestone, India and the European Union (EU) have hailed the conclusion of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) while launching a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Agenda’ for 2030. Among other measures, the pact moves beyond supply chains to operationalise joint R&D in advanced semiconductor “heterogeneous integration” and chip design. It also formally links the European […]

Science Quiz: On medical disasters

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Science Quiz: On medical disasters 1 / 6 | The drug shown here is created by slightly altering the chemical structure of Y. Name Y, whose use led to a tragedy in the 1950s and 1960s. 2 / 6 | On January 27, 1928, 21 children were inoculated with a diphtheria vaccine in Bundaberg, Australia. […]

From campus to corridors of power: How IIT Delhi alumni end up dominating civil services and PSUs

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IIT Delhi alumni endowment fund contribution report (photo: IIT Delhi; students’ representative photo: Freepik) Over 650 alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi are currently serving in public institutions, underlining the institute’s deep and sustained presence in India’s governance and administrative systems. A significant share of these alumni are part of the country’s civil […]

Researchers use sound waves to detect elusive helium gas leaks

A simple Kagome lattice. The name comes from the Japanese for “basket” and “eye”, referring to the pattern when woven with bamboo leaves. | Photo Credit: N. Mori Helium is famous for making balloons float, voices squeak, and as a critical resource for MRI machines and aerospace engineering. Helium is expensive and scarce, finding leaks […]

Why are some stars blue, some white, some red?

The stars of the globular cluster NGC 6355, which resides in our Milky Way galaxy’s inner regions are seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image. | Photo Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. – B.R. Sravan The main reason is surface temperature. Stars behave roughly as objects that absorb all incoming radiation and radiate […]

RRB NTPC graduate level exam 2025 rescheduled: Check details here

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RRB NTPC Graduate Level exam postponed The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has rescheduled the RRB NTPC Graduate Level Exam 2025 for a set of candidates. As per the latest official notice, the examination that was earlier conducted on December 30, 2025, will now be held again on February 11, 2026.Candidates who appeared for the exam […]

NTA releases important notice for CUET UG application 2026: Check details here

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(Representative Image- Freepik/ Canva/ NBT) CUET UG application form 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued an important public notice on its official portal. The notice is urging students to complete their Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG) 2026 applications well before the January 30 deadline. The agency warned aspirants against waiting until the […]