*Recent News Headlines Related to IITS* . *IIT Gandhinagar led* archaeological research that discovered human presence in the Great Rann of Kutch dating back at least 5,000 years before the Harappan civilisation IIT Madras has signed a MOU with Grid Controller of .*India Limited (GRID-INDIA) under the Ministry of Power* to enhance Tanzania's electrical grid infrastructure. The collaboration is based at IIT Madras Zanzibar, the institute's international campus in Tanzania. . *IIT Kharagpur and Singapore's* Institute of Microelectronics (IME), under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Signed MOU at SEMICON Southeast Asia 2025 to collaborate on semiconductor research and talent development . *The Bharat Forecast* System (BFS) is developed by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. It provides a 6 km resolution, which is the highest resolution in the world for weather forecasting . *IIT Delhi launched the 'Manasvi'* mentorship programme in New Delhi to inspire high-school girls to pursue careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) . *The Delhi cabinet* has approved five cloud-seeding trials to combat high pollution levels in the city. IIT Kanpur will lead the planning and execution of the project . *The Union Cabinet* approved the Phase-B construction for 5 new IITs under the IIT Expansion Plan 2025. The five IITs are: IIT Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), IIT Palakkad (Kerala), IIT Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), IIT Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir) and IIT Dharwad (Karnataka) . *Kerala State Electricity Board* (KSEB) is initiating a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) pilot project in collaboration with IIT Bombay . *Goa Shipyard Limited* (GSL) signed an MoU with IIT Hyderabad to integrate Artificial Intelligence (Al) and Digital Twin technologies in India's maritime sector . *Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan* inaugurated Techkriti 2025, Asia's largest intercollegiate technical and entrepreneurial festival, at IIT Kanpur . *UIDAI, in* collaboration with IIIT-Hyderabad, has launched a biometric SDK benchmarking competition to test the age invariance of biometric algorithms . *The National Statistical Office (NSO) India* organized a 36-hour hackathon named "Hack the Future" in collaboration with IIT Gandhinagar on March 24, 2025 https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Varnxk396H4ROAkTVs0h *Please share and subscribe👆👆*