India is taking giant steps towards strengthening the renewable energy sector with solar energy taking center-stage in its clean energy revolution. Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released another version of Solar PV Potential Assessment Report and released the first training survey on Solar Cell and Module Production in the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurugram. Cumulatively, these efforts will enhance the objective of India to have 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030 and energy independence by 2047.

The American nation is experiencing a health crisis due to a drastic increase in drug-resistant bacterial infections especially those with the New Delhi metallo-b-lactamase (NDM) gene. Such infections have risen nearly by 70 percent in the 2019-2023 period sending alarm to experts in public health.

The Government of India has taken a major step towards enhancing telecom security, when it designated M/s Compliance International Pvt. Ltd. Noida as an approved testing facility of IP Routers, under the CommunSec Scheme of Scheme. This addition gives India a total of nine accredited TSTLs spread between five states able to provide faster and cheaper testing services to manufacturers and other services providers.

The first confirmed sighting of the elusive Fishing Cat ( Prionailurus viverrinus ) was reported to be in the Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve (RVTR) in Rajasthan. This discovery was made at the captured camera traps on a regular tiger check in the Bundi district and brings about the concealed biodiversity of the reserve and the flourishing aquatic environment.

A group of scientists at Madura College, Madurai have discovered a new plant species in the Kudremukh range of the Western Ghats in Karnataka. The plant was named Impatiens selvasinghii in honor of the efforts by Professor P. Selva Singh Richard in the reproductive biology of endangered and endemic plants in the area. This not only shows the spectacular richness of the Western Ghats but also indicates some serious conservation concerns raised by the increasing levels of tourism.