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Education
The AISHE report released in July 2026 shows record enrolment, women ahead of men, and rising participation from every disadvantaged group. It also shows growth slowing, and says almost nothing about what a degree is now worth.
Zero developed in India between about the fifth and ninth centuries CE and made modern mathematics possible. This article explains what maths looked like before it and why it mattered.
Sushruta, the 6th century BCE Indian physician, performed rhinoplasty, cataract surgery, and described 300+ procedures with 120 instruments. Recognized as the Father of Plastic Surgery, his techniques traveled from Varanasi to London.
Health
Ayurveda is 3,000 years old and increasingly the subject of clinical trials at AIIMS, CSIR, and Harvard. From turmeric and ashwagandha to Panchakarma and prakriti genomics, where does ancient wisdom hold up under scientific scrutiny?
From Chandrayaan-3 to Gaganyaan and beyond, here's what ISRO has planned for the next decade and why India's space program matters for every citizen.
India's scientific contributions to the world extend far beyond the famous names everyone knows. Working in laboratories, field stations, hospitals, and remote research centers, a generation of Indian researchers is advancing human knowledge in ways that rarely make headlines. Here are some of the scientists and researchers who deserve far wider recognition.
Digital India
Indian developers are building open source tools for local problems, from rural governance to education in 22 official languages.
Health
Rural India has few specialist doctors. This article looks at Indian healthtech startups using AI diagnostics to give villagers access to specialist-level screening and decision support.
Digital India
India is making a $1.2 billion bet on domestic AI infrastructure. Blackstone backing Neysa for GPU compute, and Peak XV backing C2i for AI data center power, signals a national shift toward sovereign AI. Here is what this means for Indian tech workers, startups, and India's position in the global AI race.
On 21 November 1963, Indian scientists launched a NASA-supplied Nike-Apache sounding rocket from a church vestry at Thumba, Kerala, led by Vikram Sarabhai.
Chess began in India roughly 1,500 years ago as chaturanga in the Gupta Empire. Gukesh's 2024 world title win in Singapore closes a long arc in the game's history.
In 1913 a 25-year-old Madras clerk named Srinivasa Ramanujan wrote to G.H. Hardy at Cambridge, sharing results from notebooks of over 3,000 formulas.
Digital India
India imports about $30 billion of semiconductors a year. This article looks at the $10 billion incentive plan, the fab and assembly projects under way, and why chip making is so hard.
Gender Equality
India produces many women STEM graduates, about 43%, yet women are only 14% of scientists and engineers in research institutions.
Digital India
Most Indians cannot use English-first AI tools easily. This article looks at the projects building large language models for India's languages and why translated ChatGPT is not enough.
Environment
India has passed 210 GW of renewable capacity and aims for 500 GW of non-fossil power by 2030. This article covers solar parks, rooftop solar and wind.
Digital India
ISRO began with a rocket launched from a Kerala fishing village in 1963 and now has Mars and Moon missions to its name. This article traces how a frugal programme grew and what comes next.
