Petitioners have moved the Supreme Court against the Environment Ministry’s approval for the commercial cultivation of genetically modified mustard. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Ahead of a fresh series of hearings in the Supreme Court next month over genetically modified (GM) food crops, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) said there was “progress” on this front….
India has achieved a major milestone in space technology with the successful de-docking of its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites, marking a significant advancement in the country’s future space exploration endeavours. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the completion of the complex manoeuvre on Thursday, underscoring India’s growing expertise in spacecraft docking and separation….
Minister of State Jitendra Singh. | Photo Credit: ANI The “concept design” stage of India’s proposed Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR) has been completed and is in the process of being approved. Once the project is sanctioned, it will take 60-72 months for the reactor to be constructed, Union Minister of State for Science and…
File image of Union Minister Jitendra Singh | Photo Credit: PTI India will overtake the United States in the number of scientific publications by 2029, Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said at a public function on Friday (February 29, 2025) to commemorate National Science Day. “Future projections say that we will overcome…
India is set to launch the Chandrayaan-4 mission in 2027, marking a significant step in the nation’s space exploration efforts. The mission aims to collect samples from the Moon and return them to Earth, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh has confirmed. The ambitious project will require at least two launches of the heavylift LVM-3…
Last week, just days after issuing an advertisement for 45 lateral entry posts (10 Joint Secretary positions and 35 Director and Deputy Secretary positions), the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) withdrew it after receiving a massive backlash. The Opposition parties accused the government of attempting to bypass reservation policies and “snatching away” jobs from Other…
Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh, in a written reply, said the occurrence and filling of vacancies, along with backlog reserved vacancies, is a continuous process. File | Photo Credit: ANI All Central Government Ministries and departments have been asked to form an in-house committee for the identification of backlog reserved vacancies and fill…
