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The most striking figure in the presentation was the rise of India’s bioeconomy. Dr Jitendra Singh said India’s bioeconomy has grown from nearly US$10 billion in 2014 to over US$190 billion today, with a target of US$300 billion by 2030. This expansion shows the growing role of biotechnology in healthcare, diagnostics, genomics, biopharmaceuticals, agriculture, industrial biotechnology and sustainable manufacturing.

The numbers show steady progress in a highly sensitive conservation effort. Out of the 26 chicks hatched this season, 18 came through artificial insemination, four through natural breeding and four from wild-collected eggs. This mix of scientific intervention, natural breeding and field-based egg collection is helping conservationists strengthen the founder population and preserve genetic diversity.

ANCHOR has been created through IIT Madras’ high-throughput brain imaging and computing platform. This system can transform whole human brains into detailed three-dimensional atlases at cellular resolution. The result is a deep structural and neurochemical map that allows scientists to study the brainstem with a level of detail that was earlier difficult to achieve.

SN 2023zcu belongs to the Type IIP class of core-collapse supernovae. Such explosions usually come from red supergiant stars with masses about 8 to 17 times greater than the Sun. Their brightness stays nearly steady for a few months after the explosion, creating a “plateau” in the light curve. This makes Type IIP supernovae especially useful for scientific study because their behaviour can be measured in a more predictable way.

Siddharoodha-1 is named after Siddharoodha Swami, the respected philosopher and social reformer associated with Karnataka. The name gives the project a local cultural identity while its technology connects directly with India’s national goal of semiconductor self-reliance. It reflects a powerful combination: Indian knowledge tradition in name, modern silicon engineering in function.

Varya has been positioned as a made-for-India video generation model that can convert a simple idea or prompt into a moving visual story. Its purpose reaches beyond entertainment. The model is designed for use in education, e-commerce, public communication, advertising, training, and digital storytelling. A teacher could create a visual lesson, a small business could prepare a product video, and a citizen-facing service could explain information in video form.

Indian researchers have identified a new mechanism that could help reduce energy consumption in future

Surha Tal is especially important because of its avifaunal richness. The sanctuary attracts migratory birds as well as resident species, making it a valuable habitat in the Gangetic plains. Such wetlands serve as resting, feeding and breeding spaces for birds that move across long distances. They also support local biodiversity throughout the year. In a region shaped by agriculture, rivers, settlements and seasonal water movement, a protected wetland becomes a refuge for life.

The discovery was made by researchers associated with the Zoological Survey of India in Kolkata. The study was carried out by Bristi Roy, Oishik Kar and Jayita Sengupta, with scientific guidance from senior ZSI experts including Dhriti Banerjee and Atanu Naskar. The findings were published in the European Journal of Taxonomy, giving the discovery international scientific recognition.

The Sun’s outer layers behave like a vast ocean of moving plasma. Energy produced deep inside the Sun travels outward through convection, creating visible surface patterns. Smaller cells appear as granulation, while much larger structures form what scientists call supergranulation. These supergranular network cells are enormous by earthly standards, measuring around 30,000 km across, with cooler lane-like regions of nearly 6,000 km. Each network cell survives for roughly 24 hours, constantly reshaping the solar surface.