UCIL providing essential resource base for India’s nuclear power programme

IANS | October 5, 2026 9:17 AM

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The ‘Diamond Jubilee Year’ is an occasion to recognise the contributions of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) and to reaffirm the importance of continued innovation and capability building as India advances on the Nuclear Energy Mission, said Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, according to an official statement on Monday.

India achieves 5.56-km free-space Quantum Key Distribution link

IANS | October 5, 2026 12:10 AM

Gandhinagar, Oct 5 (IANS) India has demonstrated its first free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link over a distance of 5.56 km, with a field trial successfully establishing a secure quantum communication channel between the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) and IIT Gandhinagar.

Trump: Data centres will go to China if US says no

IANS | October 4, 2026 7:41 PM

Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centres could move to China if the United States turns them away, defending their rapid expansion while backing measures intended to prevent the massive facilities from driving up household electricity costs.

US, 16 nations back 'super intelligence' push

IANS | October 4, 2026 7:35 PM

Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) The United States and 16 other countries have endorsed a new international initiative aimed at harnessing "Super Intelligence" to accelerate scientific discovery, expand researchers' access to advanced computing and experiment with new ways of funding science.