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National Biofoundry Network and India's Bioeconomy: Strategic Imperatives for 2025

India's National Biofoundry Network, driven by the Department of Biotechnology, is a strategic infrastructure initiative aimed at accelerating synthetic biology and biomanufacturing to achieve a $150 billion bioeconomy by 2025. This move is crucial for enhancing self-reliance in biotechnology but faces challenges in skill development, sustained funding, and regulatory harmonization.

16 Mar 2026

AI at the Frontline of India’s Public Service Delivery: Catalysing Governance Transformation and Navigating Ethical Imperatives

India is increasingly deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance public service delivery, leveraging its robust Digital Public Infrastructure to improve efficiency, accessibility, and transparency. This analytical examination delves into the strategic frameworks underpinning this integration, the myriad challenges of data governance and algorithmic bias, and the complex trade-offs between innovation and equitable, ethical implementation, crucial for achieving inclusive growth.

16 Mar 2026

India’s Expanding Data Centre Ecosystem

India's data centre ecosystem is rapidly expanding, driven by digitalization and AI, aiming for digital sovereignty. This growth from 375 MW in 2020 to an estimated 1500 MW by 2025 highlights the need for sustainable digital infrastructure.

16 Mar 2026

India Emerged as a Global Hub for semiconductor design and R&D

In Context As per Industry estimates, India has emerged as a global hub for semiconductor design and Research Development. Semiconductors They are also called chips or integrated circuits, which are tiny electronic circuits made mainly from silicon. They contain millions or billions of components like transistors, diodes, capacitors, and resistors that work together to process and control electrical signals.

16 Mar 2026

Thorium can Power India’s 100 GWe by 2047 Mission

Context The SHANTI Act 2025 represents a watershed moment for India’s atomic energy programme; however, resolving the challenges of thorium utilisation is urgent. India’s Thorium Reserves India has one of the largest reserves of thorium in the world. Together, Kerala and Odisha account for over 70% of India’s thorium.

16 Mar 2026

Failure of Atomic Clock Cripples ISRO’s NavIC

Context India’s indigenous navigation satellite system Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) has suffered a setback after the failure of the IRNSS-1F satellite due to malfunction of its last operational rubidium atomic clock. About Atomic clock An Atomic Clock is a highly precise time-keeping device that measures time based on the natural vibration frequency of atoms, usually cesium or rubidium atoms. It is considered the most accurate time-keeping technology, capable of maintaining accur

16 Mar 2026

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