Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
Wildlife trade is driving disease outbreaks globally — raising risk of pathogens reaching humans by 50%, finds study
A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Science (April 2026) found that wild mammals involved in trade have a 50% higher probability of sharing at lea...
Chandrayaan-3: Vikram’s hop offers fresh insights on the moon’s surface
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander performed a controlled "hop" experiment during the final phase of its mission on the lunar surface, reigniting its engines to l...
What is the Hubble tension?
The "Hubble tension" refers to a persistent, statistically significant disagreement between two independent ways of measuring the Hubble constant (H₀) — the ...
Cabinet Secretary calls for sovereign AI, resilient supply chains at Army Commanders’ Conference
Cabinet Secretary Dr. T.V. Somanathan addressed senior Indian Army leadership at the ongoing Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi on April 14, 2026 He em...
GE Aerospace, HAL near final deal on co-production of F414 jet engines
GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) concluded technical negotiations for the co-production of the F414-GE-INS6 fighter jet engine in India, ...
Rajnath Singh to visit Germany from April 21; submarine deal likely high on the agenda
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Germany from April 21, 2026, with the Project-75I submarine deal expected to be the centrepiece of discu...
Delhi-Dehradun Expressway opens today: Key features, 11 km wildlife corridor explained
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway on April 14, 2026, opening the full 210 km access-controlled corridor between Delhi an...
63 Moons’ cybersecurity arm pilots GPS-spoofing solution at Indian airports
The cybersecurity arm of 63 Moons Technologies has begun piloting a GPS-spoofing detection and mitigation solution at major Indian airports The pilot follows...
GE Aerospace, HAL inching closer to seal jet engine deal
GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are on the verge of finalising a co-production agreement for the F-414 fighter jet engine in India — nea...
GE Aerospace–HAL move closer to F414-INS6 engine co-production deal
GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have moved closer to finalising the co-production deal for the F414-INS6 fighter jet engine, with techni...
NAAS calls for developing smart alternate fertilisers to achieve self sufficiency
The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) has called for developing "smart alternate fertilisers" to reduce India's dependence on imported chemica...
India must cut fertiliser import dependence, leverage AI and precision tech: ICAR chief
The chief of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has called for a multi-pronged strategy to reduce India's dependence on fertiliser imports, e...
On nuclear energy, an Indian milestone
The 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, attained its first criticality on 6 April 2026 — the moment a sustained nuclear c...
Norwegian co to supply 18 big waterjet systems for Indian Navy's next-gen missile vessel project
Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a contract to supply 18 large Kamewa waterjet propulsion systems for the Indian Navy's Next Generation ...
Vikram's 'hop' unravels surficial 'layers' near lunar south pole region
A new study using data from Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander hop experiment has revealed information about the near-surface layered structure ("surficial layers...
India and France conduct comprehensive review of defence and nuclear cooperation
India and France conducted comprehensive Foreign Office Consultations in Paris, co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and France's Secretary-General M...
Big boost for India as GE signs contract with IAF to set up engine repair facility in country for Tejas fleet
GE Aerospace formally signed a contract with the Indian Air Force on April 13, 2026 to establish an in-country depot-level repair and overhaul facility for t...
Japan’s JARTS trains 1,000 engineers for Bullet Train; second TBM assembly starts in Mumbai
Japan's JARTS (Japan Railway Technical Service) has trained 1,000 Indian engineers for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project — India's first b...
What’s Keytruda, why is it a big deal in India’s cancer fight
Pembrolizumab (brand name Keytruda), a first-in-class cancer immunotherapy drug made by US pharmaceutical company MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme), has become a sig...
As Centre seeks tighter control over online content, why it may lead to pre-censorship
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) circulated a draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digita...