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The opening of the Hosakerehalli flyover on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) seems like an achievement of the city in 2025. Like previous years, a Bengalurean’s wishlist for 2026 would definitely feature completion of the much-delayed Ejipura flyover and the one on Doddaballapur Road, Yelahanka. Ejipura flyover The 2.38-km Ejipura flyover, planned to decongest the…
Just about everything comes to your door today — from food and groceries to clothes and appliances. For thousands of workers who bring them over, it is always a race against time. Quick commerce companies promise customers deliveries in about 10 minutes, placing an unrealistic expectation on the delivery personnel who have to navigate Bengaluru’s…
The New York Academy of Sciences and Tata Sons on Tuesday announced three scientists based out of Bengaluru as the winners of the 2025 Tata Transformation Prize. The winners are Padubidri V. Shivaprasad of National Centre for Biological Sciences, and Balasubramanian Gopal and Ambarish Ghosh of Indian Institute of Science for research in food security, sustainability and healthcare, respectively. Ambarish Ghosh The winners were…
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Researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B) are using machine learning and mathematics to tackle one of renewable energy’s toughest problems – how to generate enough clean power without driving up costs or risking grid instability. By developing optimisation models that balance carbon reduction with affordability, their work aims to make India’s transition to solar…
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The Karman Project is a global non-profit foundation that promotes peace and security in space through international cooperation. How sustainable is space science? This was the subject of a debate at the Karman Week 2025, hosted by SatSure, an earth observation data refinery platform, on Thursday here. “It is time that we mitigate space debris,” said Susmita Mohanty, head of…
: The State government has deepened its international scientific engagement with ETH Zurich — one of the world’s leading institutions in quantum science and technology — through a visit to the ETH Quantum Center and an invitation for its leadership to participate in the Quantum India Summit 2026 in Bengaluru. During his visit, N.S. Boseraju,…
Captured on August 21, this image from NISAR’s L-band radar shows Maine’s Mount Desert Island. Green indicates forest, while magenta represents hard or regular surfaces, such as bare ground and buildings. The magenta area on the island’s northeast end is the town of Bar Harbor. Photo: Special Arrangement The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Earth-observing…
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The new method developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France, is said to open the door to more realistic simulations of stellar spectra. A researcher from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), working with collaborators from Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France, have…
The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) on Tuesday announced the selection of the PixxelSpace India-led consortium to design, build, and operate India’s first fully indigenous commercial earth observation (EO) satellite constellation under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The Bengaluru-based PixxelSpace India consortium comprises Piersight Space, Satsure Analytics India, and Dhruva Space. IN-SPACe…
The workshop was organised by the Trinity Challenge, a charity supporting the creation of data-driven solutions to help protect against global health threats, and the One Health Trust to explore community access to effective antibiotics. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only Healthcare leaders, researchers, tech specialists, and other experts came together at a workshop…