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The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare is set to launch two major national initiatives — SAHI and BODH — at the India AI Summit held at Bharat Mandapam. These initiatives aim to institutionalise ethical governance, transparency, and accountability in the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across India’s healthcare ecosystem.

The sail training ship INS Tarangini is among several Indian and foreign naval vessels that arrived in Visakhapatnam for the International Fleet Review and the Exercise MILAN, beginning February 18. The participation of INS Tarangini highlights India’s maritime outreach, naval diplomacy, and commitment to professional training rooted in naval traditions.

At the India AI Impact Summit held at Bharat Mandapam, policymakers and global experts deliberated on the theme ‘Global Mission on AI for Energy Scaling through Citizen-Centric India Energy Stack’.

Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma has recently received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) to manufacture and market a generic Semaglutide injection in India.

The communication system between bacteria is called 'quorum sensing'. It could prove to be extremely revolutionary for modern medical science. It also offers new opportunities for developing anti-quorum sensing-based treatments, reducing the dependence on traditional antibiotics.

The Department of Pharmaceuticals recently informed the Rajya Sabha that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has constituted a committee to draft a policy framework for regulating refurbished medical devices in India.

The Economic Survey 2026 highlights Human Primacy and Economic Purpose as guiding principles for AI adoption, arguing that India’s AI leadership will depend less on large GPU clusters and more on real-world applications that improve everyday life.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has recently granted Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the procurement of Airship-Based High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (AS-HAPS) for the Indian Air Force, marking a significant step toward strengthening India’s long-endurance surveillance and intelligence capabilities.

Recently, researchers at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in the central government, demonstrated a technique called Raman-Driven Spin Noise Spectroscopy (RDSNS).

Recently, NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer (IXPE) mission analyzed the internal structure of a white dwarf system for the first time in history. This research revealed many new and surprising insights into the gas dynamics and X-ray emission of a binary star, known as EX Hydrae.