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Stay updated with the latest technology news, innovations, and breakthroughs from Odisha, India, and beyond. Covering AI, space exploration, cybersecurity, gadgets, and scientific advancements, this section delivers insightful updates on the evolving tech landscape.
India’s Space Prowess: ISRO Completes Second Satellite Docking
India has etched its name further into space exploration history, as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully completed the second docking of satellites under its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX)....
Don Pettit’s Stellar Homecoming: NASA’s Veteran Astronaut Lands on His 70th Birthday
Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit has returned to Earth in a momentous homecoming on his 70th birthday. The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Pettit and his Russian crewmates Alexey Ovchinin and...
Aryabhata at 50: The ‘Successful Failure’ That Paved India’s Space Future
April 19, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of Aryabhata, India’s first satellite—a mission that, despite technical setbacks, laid the foundation for the nation’s ambitious space program. Launched in 1975 aboard...
Mars Mystery Unlocked: Curiosity Rover’s Game-Changing Discovery
Mars, once believed to harbour a thick, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere capable of sustaining liquid water, has baffled scientists for decades with its transformation into a barren wasteland. Now, NASA’s Curiosity...
India’s Quantum Leap: First QKD Transmission Over Multi-Core Fibre
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), in collaboration with Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (STL), has successfully conducted India’s first-ever Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) transmission over a 4-core Multi-Core Fibre (MCF)....
NIT Rourkela Becomes India’s First NIT to Lead Research Under ANRF-PAIR Programme
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela has achieved a remarkable milestone by being selected as one of the Hub Institutions under the prestigious Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (PAIR)...
Apollo Green Energy’s Rs 4,500 Crore Boost to Odisha’s Solar Sector
Apollo Green Energy Ltd has unveiled plans to invest Rs 4,500 crore in Odisha, advancing the state’s renewable energy infrastructure with a 1,000 MW solar power project. The move, announced...
India’s First Indigenous Firefighting Suit Set to Revolutionize Safety Standards
India is making strides in technical textiles with the National Technical Textile Mission (NTTM) backing the development of an indigenous firefighting suit, marking a shift away from reliance on imports...
India’s first ‘Knowledge on Sphere’ system set to be launched by Regional Science Centre in Bhubaneswar
The Regional Science Centre (RSC) in Bhubaneswar, popularly known as Science Park, is set to make history by launching India’s first ‘Knowledge on Sphere’ (KOS) system. This innovative scientific visualization...
India Advances in Quantum Computing with QpiAI-Indus
In a historic moment for India's quantum computing ecosystem, Bengaluru-based startup QpiAI, one of the eight startups selected under the National Quantum Mission, has officially launched India's most powerful quantum...
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