India, April 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Under the National Quantum Mission, a 1,000-km quantum communication network-one of the longest in the world-has been successfully demonstrated within less than two years of its launch, marking rapid progress against the mission's target of achieving 2,000 km over an eight-year period, Union Minister for Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh was informed during a review of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) here today.

The milestone, achieved using indigenous technology developed by QNu Labs-a startup supported under the mission and focused on quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions-represents one of the longest quantum key distribution (QKD) deployments globally s...