The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine—developed by the University of Oxford with Matrix-M adjuvant from Novavax and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII)—was recommended by WHO in October 2023 and prequalified in December 2023, unlocking UN procurement and Gavi financing. By October 27, 2025, 24 African countries had introduced a malaria vaccine (RTS,S and/or R21)…
Healthtech Inflection: Oral GLP-1s just crossed a threshold. Novo Nordisk has submitted oral semaglutide 25 mg for FDA review as a pill formulation of Wegovy, backed by OASIS-4 data showing ~16–17% weight loss and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors; fresh analyses landed at ObesityWeek 2025. Eli Lilly meanwhile confirms plans to bring its oral GLP-1…
Helion’s “Orion” Fusion Plant: Helion has begun site work on its first grid-connected fusion plant, Project Orion, in Washington state. The company says it remains on track to honor its power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft for first electricity by end-2028, with Constellation Energy as power marketer and transmission manager. Orion targets ≥50 MWe after…
Andhra Pradesh is pitching Amaravati Quantum Valley (AQV) as India’s first quantum tech park. The formal centrepiece is an IBM–TCS partnership to deploy an IBM Quantum System Two in Amaravati—envisioned with a 156-qubit Heron processor, which would be the largest quantum computer in India on go-live. IBM’s newsroom and TCS’s release confirm the plan and…
IIIT-Naya Raipur’s 6G: India’s march toward 6G now includes a concrete cell-free network prototype from IIIT–Naya Raipur (IIIT-NR), funded under the Department of Science & Technology (DST) translation programme. The project—titled “Implementation and Prototype Design for Ubiquitous Connectivity Using Cell-Free Communication in 6G Environment”—targets a live demo in which dozens of distributed access points (APs)…
EV Cells Made in India: India’s EV transition hinges on cells—not just packs. Two big storylines now converge: Ola Electric has secured ARAI certification for its in-house 4680 “Bharat Cell” battery pack and quietly launched a battery energy storage (BESS) product line, while Reliance is pushing sodium-ion cell commercialisation alongside LFP, targeting a 40 GWh…
Ather’s Factory 3.0 at Bidkin: Ather Energy has crossed the 5,00,000-unit production mark—rolled out at its Hosur plant with the family-focused Rizta as the growth driver—and is now building a third, Industry-4.0 factory at Bidkin (AURIC), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The new “Factory 3.0,” to be constructed in two phases, is designed to lift installed capacity across…
India’s National Quantum Mission (NQM) is an eight-year programme with a total outlay of ₹6,003.65 crore (approved April 19, 2023) to push quantum computing, communication, sensing & metrology, and materials/devices from labs to pilots and products. To deliver that, the government has created four Thematic Hubs (T-Hubs) hosted at leading institutions: DST’s mission pages note…
Bharat 6G Alliance MoUs: India’s Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA) used the International Bharat6G Symposium (Oct 9–10, 2025) to lock in fresh international partnerships and publish whitepapers that sketch the path from R&D to pilots. The Ministry/PIB notes MoUs with European Space Agency (ESA) and NASSCOM, alongside earlier tie-ups with ATIS’ Next G Alliance (US), 6G-IA…
Micron ATMP: Indian business dailies and trade outlets reported in late June 2025 that Micron’s Sanand ATMP (assembly, testing, marking, packaging) facility entered the cleanroom validation stage—essential before bringing in tools and live product. Start of output: late 2025 to early 2026 (indicative): Micron’s original guidance (June 2023) said Phase-1 would “start to become operational…