Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
U.S. cloud dominance a risk to European security: Report
A report published by the Brussels-based Future of Technology Institute (FOTI) on April 17, 2026 found that national security systems in 23 of 28 European co...
House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night revolt sinks GOP plan
The US House of Representatives, in a late-night vote, passed a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), exte...
Govt forms high-level inter-ministerial body to steer AI governance strategy
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has constituted the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG), a high-level inter-ministerial b...
EU spells out how Google must share data with rivals
The European Commission issued preliminary findings on April 16, 2026, specifying the precise data-sharing obligations Google must fulfil under the EU's Digi...
Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
During a global Starlink outage in 2025, more than two dozen US Navy unmanned surface vessels (USVs) lost contact and drifted for nearly an hour, with operat...
Banking FDI for nuclear power projects in the pipeline, says official
Seema Jain, Member (Finance) at the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), stated that banking finance and FDI for nuclear power projects are in active planning,...
EU in talks with Anthropic over risks of AI model Mythos
The European Union entered into talks with Anthropic over the risks posed by its Mythos AI model — an advanced AI system capable of identifying and exploitin...
Improving cleft care in the age of AI
An estimated 30,000 children are born annually in India with cleft lip and/or cleft palate — one of the most common congenital craniofacial conditions worldw...
India turns the tables on China: The great supply chain flip begins
India has recorded USD 2.5 billion in electronics component exports to China in FY26, marking a historic reversal — for decades India was purely an importer ...
1.5 lakh collision alerts for Indian satellites in 2025
India's Indian Space Situational Awareness Report (ISSAR) 2025 revealed that ISRO's Earth-orbiting satellites received over 1.5 lakh (150,000) close-approach...
Establishing a vaccine injury compensation mechanism for India
A recent opinion piece argues that when the State strongly promotes mass vaccination as a civic duty — as it did during the COVID-19 immunisation drive — it ...
Isro, ATREE partner to map grasslands, improve land use planning
The Space Applications Centre (SAC) of ISRO and the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mo...
New brain-inspired ‘memristors’ promise to cut AI energy use
Researchers at the University of Cambridge developed a hafnium oxide-based thin film that reliably mimics the behaviour of biological synapses — functioning ...
First-ever bat conservation assessment flags threat to species, data dark spots
India's first-ever comprehensive bat conservation assessment has been published, flagging multiple species as threatened and highlighting a significant data ...
Electronics imports cross USD 100 billion in 2025-26: Commerce Ministry
India's electronics imports crossed USD 100 billion for the first time in 2025-26, according to data released by the Commerce Ministry — a landmark that unde...
‘Age tokens’ via DigiLocker to regulate kids’ social media use in Andhra Pradesh
The Andhra Pradesh government is evaluating a system of "age tokens" integrated with DigiLocker to verify children's ages before granting access to social me...
How will Gaganyaan astronauts return safely to earth? | Explained
ISRO successfully conducted the Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for the Gaganyaan programme on April 10, 2026, validating the parachute deployment ...
A question of less: weight loss drugs
GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs — primarily semaglutide (sold under brand names Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for obesity) — are at the centre of a global hea...
Jeh Aerospace inks pact with Liebherr-Aerospace to supply high-precision components
Jeh Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based precision aerospace and defence manufacturing company, has signed a long-term agreement (LTA) with Liebherr-Aerospace & Tran...
North Korea is boosting nuclear weapons capacity: IAEA chief
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi warned at a press conference that North Korea is "sharply boosting" its nuclear weapons production capacity, with signs i...