The six-month offline programme draws on traditional Ayurvedic concepts including Garbhini Paricharya, or antenatal care, Sutika Paricharya, covering postnatal care, and Garbhadhana Vidhi, which focuses on pre-conceptional care. The curriculum combines these principles with practical maternal-support skills intended for use in healthcare and community settings.
From reusable propulsion and additive manufacturing to a 700,000-square-foot test complex, Ethereal Exploration Guild is attempting one of the hardest problems in commercial spaceflight: making a medium-lift orbital rocket whose booster and upper stage can both return for another mission.
India has developed its first soil texture map using remote-sensing and satellite data, marking an important step towards more data-driven and location-specific farming. The map has been created by the ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP) and is designed to provide soil information at the hectare level, helping farmers and agricultural planners make better crop-selection and land-management decisions.
The twelve years of forest exile were nearing their conclusion when a Brahmin hurried towards the Pandavas with an unusual problem. He explained that the wooden implements used to kindle his sacred fire had been hanging near a tree when a deer came rubbing its antlers against the trunk.
The accepted botanical name is Moringa oleifera Lam., and the plant belongs to the family Moringaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew recognises the species as native from northeastern Pakistan to northwestern India and records its extensive use for food and medicine.
A major component of the partnership is India’s commitment to train 500 Mauritian civil servants over five years through the National Centre for Good Governance. The programme was agreed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mauritius in 2025, and the first batch is already undergoing training in Mussoorie.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov co-chaired the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) in Moscow on August 24, 2026. The commission is the principal institutional mechanism overseeing the expanding economic relationship between the two countries.
The company announced the establishment of its Indian entity on August 24, 2026, describing India as one of the world’s most important defence and space markets. ICEYE India will initially focus on supporting Indian defence and intelligence users with space-based intelligence capabilities while progressively developing a domestic industrial ecosystem involving Indian engineers, suppliers and technology companies.
The meeting came as Jaishankar co-chaired the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. The commission serves as one of the principal institutional mechanisms for expanding economic relations between the two countries and covers sectors ranging from trade and investment to science, technology and industrial cooperation.
Development responsibility for the longer-range Pinaka family centres on DRDO’s Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), supported by laboratories specialising in propulsion, guidance and missile electronics. The broader programme brings together ARDE, the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Laboratory and Research Centre Imarat, creating an almost entirely Indian development chain for the weapon.
