Science & Technology Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Fri, 07 Aug 2026

• CSIR-Central Road Research Institute presented its indigenous Modified Mix Seal Surfacing Plus (MSS+) road technology to Rajasthan Chief Secretary V. Srinivas in Jaipur on 7 August 2026, with a live demonstration on a city road.
• The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences and the Bureau of Indian Standards signed an MoU on 7 August 2026 to jointly develop quality standards and conformity assessment for the Ayush sector.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026

• India successfully test-fired the medium range ballistic missile Agni-4 from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha, on 6 August 2026 under the Strategic Forces Command.
• Minister Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha on 6 August 2026 that the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission carrying the half-humanoid Vyommitra is targeted in the fourth quarter of 2026 and the Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2035.
• India's installed data centre capacity has grown from 375 MW in 2020 to about 1,575 MW, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said on 6 August 2026.
• Scientists at Bose Institute, Kolkata, have proposed a protocol called General Concurrence Percolation (GCP) that can establish long-distance quantum links with lower initial entanglement, the Science Ministry said on 6 August 2026.

Wed, 05 Aug 2026

• The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission was recognised as the WHO-SEARN Regional Centre of Excellence in Pharmacovigilance and Technical Centre in Quality at SEARN's 10th anniversary meeting in Kathmandu on 4–5 August 2026.
• The Health Ministry deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team to Gujarat and Rajasthan to strengthen the response to the Chandipura Virus Disease outbreak, it said on 5 August 2026.
• Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, have developed near-infrared light-driven nanobots for targeted breast cancer therapy, the Science Ministry said on 5 August 2026.

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

• India's first Telecom Manufacturing Zone at Gwalior reached cumulative investment commitments of ₹5,500 crore after a second investors' meet in Mumbai on 4 August 2026.
• ICAR's complete telomere-to-telomere genome of pigeonpea variety 'Asha', India's first fully annotated T2T reference genome, has been approved as the global reference genome of the crop.
• C-DAC and the Geological Survey of India signed an umbrella MoU on 4 August 2026 to apply AI and high-performance computing to geoscience, mineral exploration and disaster management.

Mon, 03 Aug 2026

• Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh inaugurated the Centre of Excellence for Handloom Technology at IIT Delhi on 3 August 2026 and launched five flagship initiatives.
• TRAI launched a revamped version of its 'TRAI MyCall' app on 3 August 2026, letting telecom users rate voice calls and report problems such as call drops.
• CSIR–Central Road Research Institute flagged off an indigenous Network Survey Vehicle on 3 August 2026 to assess urban road conditions across Delhi NCR under a CAQM-supported project.

Sat, 01 Aug 2026

• PM Narendra Modi launched projects worth over ₹17,900 crore at Bhogapuram, Vizianagaram, on 1 August 2026, including a new airport to be named after freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju.
• NHAI launched Multi-Lane Free Flow tolling at Shahjahanpur Toll Plaza on the Delhi–Jaipur section of NH-48 on 1 August 2026, making the Manesar–Jaipur stretch barrier-free.
• The DRI busted a clandestine unit making Alprazolam and Diazepam in Satara district, Maharashtra, on 1 August 2026, arresting two persons.

Fri, 31 Jul 2026

• On 31 July 2026 Army chief Gen Dhiraj Seth launched the indigenous Xtreme Weather Grade (XWG) Diesel, developed by the Indian Army with Oil Marketing Companies, which stays effective down to minus 42°C.
• Indian Railways announced on 31 July 2026 that it had transported a live donor heart by train for the first time in India, aboard the Mumbai Central–Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express from Surat to Ahmedabad.
• IndiaAI (MeitY) signed an MoU with the Ministry of Ayush on 31 July 2026 to bring anonymised Ayush research datasets and models onto AIKosh, India's sovereign AI repository.

Thu, 30 Jul 2026

• On 30 July 2026 the Department of Telecommunications and the Madhya Pradesh government signed an MoU to set up India's first integrated Telecom Manufacturing Zone, a 350-acre cluster in Gwalior, with Rs 493 crore central support for Phase-I.
• A study by ARIES, USO-PRL and Ahmednagar College, announced on 30 July 2026, found that the Sun's atmosphere rotates faster than its visible surface and that rotation speed increases with height.
• On 30 July 2026 Telangana CM A. Revanth Reddy announced pensions for all thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia patients in the state, with distribution to begin from 15 August 2026.

Wed, 29 Jul 2026

• A Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences study of pollen in a Deoria Tal sediment core (Garhwal Himalaya) links a weak Indian Summer Monsoon between ~5100 and 4000 years BP to the shrinking of the Harappan Civilisation, DST said on 29 July 2026.
• On 29 July 2026 Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia conferred the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Excellence Awards 2025 on Amantya Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Finaara.
• On 29 July 2026 Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia unveiled 'Scale without boundaries' as the theme of the 10th India Mobile Congress, to be held on 7–10 October 2026 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi.
• On 29 July 2026 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched DAANVEER, a citizen-participation platform through which people can voluntarily contribute computers and other digital needs of Gram Panchayats via the Meri Panchayat App.

Tue, 28 Jul 2026

• On World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2026, the Health Ministry marked eight years of the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme under the global theme 'Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down'.
• The Indian Institute of Astrophysics marked 25 years of the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope at Hanle, Ladakh, with a three-day conference including a special session on 28 July 2026.