Science and technology current affairs for UPSC, SSC, and banking exams. Space missions, AI developments, ISRO launches, scientific discoveries, and digital India updates.
The Union Cabinet has approved a comprehensive policy on Artificial Intelligence, targeting over ₹10,000 crore investment and 1.5 lakh jobs by 2031.
ISRO Chief V. Narayanan announced the G20 satellite is expected to be launched in 2027, while highlighting that India was the first country to launch 104 satellites simultaneously using a single rocket without any collision.
Blue Origin achieved the first successful landing of a reused New Glenn rocket booster, a key milestone demonstrating reliable reuse capability to compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9.
Tim Cook announced his resignation as Apple CEO, with hardware engineering chief John Ternus set to take over. Cook, who led Apple since 2011, will transition to Executive Chairman.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a panel led by SBI Chairman C.S. Setty to assess risks from Anthropic's AI platform Mythos and devise banking sector mitigation strategies.
Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace flagged off its Vikram-1 rocket, marking a significant milestone for India's first private orbital space launch.
DigiYatra, the face-recognition-based contactless air travel facility, crossed 10 crore cumulative uses across 38 airports in India.
Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu launched Mission STRATO-XI, a near-space technology demonstration at IGMC Stadium, Vijayawada.
Bangladesh started fuelling its first nuclear power station — the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant — built with Russian assistance, marking a major milestone for the country.
Google announced plans to build a $15 billion data centre hub in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, marking one of the largest tech investments in India.
Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, has raised satellite bandwidth rates by 20% effective April 1, 2026, the first hike in a decade, as DTH demand weakens.
Humanoid robots completed a half-marathon in Beijing, with the winning robot finishing in 50 minutes 26 seconds — faster than the human half-marathon world record, in a landmark demonstration of AI-robotics progress.
China launched Pakistan's PRSC-EO3 earth observation satellite on a Long March-6 carrier rocket, further deepening space cooperation between the two countries.
The Breakthrough Prizes 2026 awarded $18.75 million to leading researchers in life sciences, fundamental physics, and mathematics — celebrating the 14th year of the world's richest science prizes.
Amazon Web Services unveiled its new AI chip Trainium3 and processor Graviton4 at the AWS Summit in Bengaluru, emphasising India as a key hub for frontier AI agent deployment.
India's first private orbital space mission advanced with key milestones, reflecting the rapid growth of India's private space ecosystem from single digits in 2019 to over 400 startups.
