Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
Around the Moon and back: Artemis II splashes down, completing historic mission — records, milestones, and more
NASA's Artemis II mission concluded successfully on April 10–11, 2026, with the Orion spacecraft splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Die...
Foreign Secretary Misri wraps up U.S. visit with talks to deepen nuclear ties, explore LPG exports
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri concluded a three-day visit to Washington DC (April 8–10, 2026), holding high-level meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rub...
Induction-based cooking to add 13-27 GW of energy requirements: Official
Officials from the Ministry of Power stated that a shift to induction-based cooking across India could add between 13 and 27 gigawatts (GW) to the country's ...
Centre slams X’s inaction on Ayyub tweets, threatens to withdraw safe harbour protection
The Central government told the Delhi High Court that social media platform X (formerly Twitter) risks losing its safe harbour protection under the Informati...
HAL hands over ALH Mk III (MR) helicopters to Indian Coast Guard
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over four Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk III in Maritime Role (MR) configuration to the Indian Coast Guard at ...
India proposes new rules to regulate news and political posts on social media
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) circulated draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital...
Gaganyaan mission: ISRO completes second Integrated Air Drop Test
ISRO successfully conducted the second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission on April 10, 2026, at Satish Dhawan Spa...
India working on lowering military reaction time to hostilities, boosting use of AI—CDS Gen Chauhan
At the Ran Samwad 2026 seminar in Bengaluru, CDS General Anil Chauhan stated that India is actively working to reduce military reaction time — the interval b...
How Indian Army has tweaked its war game strategy as enemy lines on nuclear, conventional deterrence blur
At the two-day national seminar "Ran Samwad 2026" in Bengaluru, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan stated that India's nuclear capability will...
Fireball, blackout, splashdown: How Artemis II crew will survive journey back to Earth — Here's what to expect
NASA's Artemis II crew completed a ten-day lunar flyby mission and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean (off the coast of San Diego) on April 10, 2026 — the fi...
UNESCO cites India’s regional OTT content push as example for others, but warns of AI ‘policy gap’
A UNESCO report has credited India's growth in cultural exports to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's (MIB) push requiring OTT platforms to produ...
In breakthrough, cheap aluminium may replace costly catalysts in pharma
Researchers at King's College London, led by Dr. Clare Bakewell, reported the isolation of a cyclotrialumane — a compound of three aluminium atoms arranged i...
US, India agree to further cooperation under Pax Silica
India and the United States agreed to further deepen cooperation under the Pax Silica framework, including in artificial intelligence, critical minerals, and...
India mulls payment lags, checks for senior citizens as digital fraud rises, RBI paper shows
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a discussion paper proposing a suite of measures to tackle the sharp rise in digital payment frauds, including manda...
Semaglutide is off patent: what does this mean for obesity in India?
Semaglutide — the active molecule in Ozempic (diabetes) and Wegovy (obesity) — had its primary patent expire in India on March 20, 2026, allowing Indian phar...
Chandrayaan-2 data reveals water buried on Moon for billions of years is stable: International study
A new international study published in the journal npj Space Exploration (2026) used data from ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 mission to reveal that water ice deposits...
‘As mark of respect for Ajit Pawar’: Congress to withdraw Baramati bypoll candidate
The Congress party announced the withdrawal of its candidate (Akash More) from the Baramati assembly constituency bypoll, citing the need to maintain "politi...
As ceasefire provides window, Oil minister Hardeep Puri on visit to Qatar; LNG, LPG supplies likely on agenda
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri undertook a two-day official visit to Qatar (April 9–10, 2026) amid a fragile two-week ceasefire betwee...
NHSRCL start assembling TBM for Mumbai’s 21-km bullet train tunnel, 97 days to go for completion
NHSRCL commenced assembly of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that will excavate the 16-km bored section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train's 21-km undergro...
Induction vs infrared cooktops, and how India’s electric cooking push could affect power grid
India's clean cooking transition is increasingly centred on electric alternatives to LPG — principally induction cooktops and infrared (radiant) cooktops — a...