December 16, 2025
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CSIR-ISRO Space Meet 2025:

CSIR-ISRO Space Meet 2025: ISRO Chief Dr V. Narayanan Calls Gaganyaan a National Programme, Flags Next-Gen Human Spaceflight Priorities

Tubelight Talks07 mins

India’s human spaceflight ambitions received a sharper strategic contour at the CSIR-ISRO Space Meet 2025, held on 17 November 2025 at Hotel Radisson Blu Atria, Bengaluru.  Delivering a comprehensive address, Dr V. Narayanan, Secretary, Department of Space & Chairman, ISRO, set the overarching direction for India’s journey from Gaganyaan to future crewed missions, stressing that…

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Saudi Arabia Bus Fire Near Medina Kills At Least 42 Indian Umrah Pilgrims, Toll May Reach 45

Saudi Arabia Bus Fire Near Medina Kills At Least 42 Indian Umrah Pilgrims, Toll May Reach 45

Tubelight Talks06 mins

Saudi Arabia Bus Fire: A routine overnight journey between two holy cities turned into one of the deadliest overseas tragedies involving Indian pilgrims in recent years. In the early hours of Monday, 17 November 2025, a passenger bus carrying Indian Umrah pilgrims from Mecca to Medina collided with a diesel tanker near a location identified…

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Global AI Race 2026: How the USA, China & India Stack Up

Global AI Race 2026: How the USA, China & India Stack Up

Tubelight Talks06 mins

Global AI Race 2026: As we move into 2026, the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy has entered a critical phase. This competition is no longer just about breakthroughs in models — it’s about infrastructure, energy supply, and geopolitical strategy. The United States continues to grab headlines for its research leadership and cutting-edge AI labs….

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Small-Sat Boom: India’s Integration Capacity vs Global Backlog—Can We Catch Up?

Small-Sat Boom: India’s Integration Capacity vs Global Backlog—Can We Catch Up?

Tubelight Talks09 mins

Small-Sat Boom: According to BryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers 2024, 2,860 small satellites (≤1,200 kg) were launched in 2023, making up 97% of all spacecraft launched that year. Over 2014–2023, smallsats represented 93% of spacecraft by count and 41% of upmass.  Market forecasts see the global small-satellite segment growing from about USD 6.0 billion in…

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Tele-ICU 2.0: AI Triage Meets Regulatory Guardrails as Hospitals Design Playbooks for 2026

Tele-ICU 2.0: AI Triage Meets Regulatory Guardrails as Hospitals Design Playbooks for 2026

Tubelight Talks09 mins

Tele-ICU has moved from pandemic stop-gap to mainstream critical-care strategy. Studies in 2023–25 show that tele-ICU “hub-and-spoke” models—where a central team of intensivists monitors multiple ICUs remotely—can be feasible and beneficial even in resource-limited settings, improving access to specialist care and standardising protocols.  At the same time, AI for triage and early warning in critical…

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