Context: The article examines Vikram-1’s technological design, successful orbital mission and the commercial and regulatory challenges confronting India’s emerging private-launch industry. Sources: Core Points Prelims… Read More »Vikram-1 Opens India’s Private Orbital-Launch Era
Context: The article argues that India must use public research financing to mobilise sustained private investment in strategic technologies, commercialisation capacity and long-term institutional research.… Read More »Can India Convert Public Research Funding Into Technological Capability?
NITI Aayog released the report Roadmap for Building India as a Leading Bioeconomy Powerhouse by 2035 on July 16, 2026. It outlines a mission-mode strategy… Read More »NITI Aayog’s Roadmap For Building India As A Leading Bioeconomy Powerhouse by 2035
Context: The article examines Semicon 2.0 as India’s long-term policy framework for developing domestic capabilities across semiconductor design, manufacturing, packaging, materials, research and skills. Source:… Read More »Semicon 2.0: India Expands Support for the Semiconductor Ecosystem
Context The article examines the Indian Navy’s Project 17A and argues that India’s naval expansion must be assessed against delayed integration, import dependence and the… Read More »Project 17A And India’s Naval Capability Gap
Context The article examines why societies accept genetic engineering in human medicine and synthetic biology but resist similar interventions in agriculture. Source: Societies embrace gene… Read More »Biotechnology Regulation And Uneven Acceptance Of Genetic Engineering
Context The articles analyse the significance of the Artemis II mission, its technological objectives, programme restructuring, and its role in renewed U.S.-China competition for lunar… Read More »Artemis II Mission And The Emerging Geopolitics Of Lunar Exploration
India is positioning itself as a strategic balancer in the emerging space order by combining global partnerships with indigenous capabilities. Through missions like Chandrayaan and… Read More »India’s Strategic Position In The New Space Race And Lunar Economy
The renewed global focus on the Moon marks the emergence of a “New Space Race,” where strategic competition, resource extraction, and governance frameworks are redefining… Read More »Moon As The Next Frontier Of Geopolitics And Economy
Context The article analyses the growing challenge of orbital debris and the governance gaps in space activities. It highlights legal, ethical, and regulatory inadequacies, along… Read More »Orbital Debris Governance And Ethical Vacuum In Space
