Twelve frontiers we cover

Models, compute and applied AI

1. NVIDIA backs Simplismart's $14 million Series B to make AI inference cheaper29 Oct
2. Tata Communications to Spend ₹4,350 Crore on a 10,000-km 'AI Super Highway' Linking India's Data-Centre Hubs28 Oct
3. The Chatterjee Group Launches Cortex DC to Build 2 GW of AI-Ready Data Centre Capacity in India28 Oct

Qubits, algorithms and quantum labs

1. Ramdeobaba University and QClairvoyance to build quantum software and quantum-communication labs in Nagpur31 Oct
2. C-DAC and Bank of India Sign an MoU to Build Quantum-Safe Tools for Indian Banking28 Oct
3. IISc and Samsung Semiconductor India Research Open a Quantum Lab Focused on Qubits and Cryogenic Electronics28 Oct

Industrial, surgical and field robots

1. Coratia Technologies raises ₹18 crore bridge round to deliver its ₹66 crore Navy underwater-robot order31 Oct
2. Hyderabad's LogiXair Raises Seed Funding From GrowthCap Ventures to Build a 300-kg Autonomous Hybrid-Electric Cargo VTOL28 Oct
3. Survey of India Orders ideaForge's Q6 V2 Drones for National Mapping Work28 Oct

Fabs, chip design and packaging

1. HCLTech opens two Karnataka centres to help Japan's Rapidus build 2-nanometre chips29 Oct
2. Sancode Buys Philippine Chip Packager Cirtek Electronics for $20.2 Million to Fast-Track Its Odisha OSAT Plant28 Oct
3. Nova Spectral AI Raises ₹21 Crore to Build India's Own Quantum-Dot Infrared Image Sensor28 Oct

Launchers, satellites and missions

1. GSLV-F18 Puts NVS-03 Into Orbit, Giving NavIC a Path Back to Four Working Satellites31 Oct
2. Manastu Space Gets ₹116 Crore From the RDI Fund to Take Its Hydrazine-Free Thrusters to Flight Readiness28 Oct
3. ISRO Chief Says India Will Have Four Operational Launch Pads by 2029, With the First Uncrewed Gaganyaan Test Due Within Two Months28 Oct

Genomics, gene therapy and biologics

1. CoSara files its 30-minute point-of-care TB PCR test with CDSCO after reporting 97.3% sensitivity29 Oct
2. Bharat Biotech Cuts the Price of Its Malaria Vaccine by 40% in a Deal With Gavi and UNICEF28 Oct
3. RGCB Scientists Show How a Pneumonia Toxin Rides on Cell-Shed Vesicles to Damage Neighbouring Cells28 Oct

Nanomaterials and nanomedicine

1. IIT Madras Physicist's Nature Study Shows a Voltage-Driven Molecular Rotor Can Boost Current Up to 100-Fold28 Oct
2. IIT Guwahati and IIT Kharagpur Build a Light-Sensing MXene Synapse That Sees, Remembers and Processes28 Oct
3. IIT Gandhinagar-Led Team Publishes a MOF Recipe That Strips Toxic Metals and Recovers Rare Earths From Wastewater28 Oct

Batteries, hydrogen and clean grids

1. Greenzo Energy Raises ₹130 Crore Led by Ashish Kacholia to Scale Indian-Made Electrolysers28 Oct
2. India's Battery Storage Factories Reach 86 GWh, but Cells Remain the Missing Link, Mercom Report Finds28 Oct
3. Vikram Solar Says Its 9 GW TOPCon Cell Plant at Gangaikondan Will Make Its First Cells in December28 Oct

Brain mapping and neural interfaces

1. PM Modi Launches IIT Madras Brain Centre's Mission to Map 100-Plus Human Brains in 3D at Cell Resolution28 Oct
2. Deepinder Goyal's Temple Acquires London's Longevous to Ground Its Wearable in Clinical Science29 Aug
3. Deepinder Goyal Unveils Redesigned Temple Brain-Monitoring Wearable, Now Half the Size23 Aug

Indigenous defence and dual-use tech

1. Sarvam Signs a Five-Year AI Pact With HQ IDS to Build an 'AI Fabric' for the Army, Navy and Air Force31 Oct
2. Army and IAF prepare to order around 200 indigenous Light Utility Helicopters from HAL29 Oct
3. Rajnath Singh calls for 'Aatmanirbharta 2.0' at Swavlamban 2026 as Navy iDEX challenges reach 22929 Oct

Composites, alloys and new materials

1. Meerut Start-Up Circulogy Signs MoU for a ₹200 Crore Battery and Rare-Earth Recovery Refinery in Uttar Pradesh28 Oct
2. Nexon Geochem Plans a ₹1,250 Crore Rare-Earth Magnet Plant in Kakinada to Cut India's Dependence on China28 Oct
3. Scimplify Raises $25 Million Led by Hitachi Ventures to Build a Non-Chinese Supply of Critical Materials28 Oct

Policy, events and everything else

1. Venttup Raises $3 Million From Rainmatter and Unicorn India Ventures to Build Precision Parts for Defence, Space and Energy31 Oct
2. NIT Rourkela team explores lead-free, moisture-switchable light-emitting materials29 Oct
3. Unacademy co-founders Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini are raising Longshot Capital, a ₹700 crore deep-tech fund29 Oct