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NSO 80th Round health survey: government insurance coverage more than triples, institutional deliveries cross 95%

Findings of the NSO 80th Round Household Social Consumption: Health survey, highlighted by the Health Ministry on 29 April 2026, show government health insurance coverage rising from 12.9% to 45.5% in rural areas and institutional deliveries at 95.6% (rural) and 97.8% (urban).

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Goa Important

CERT-In SAMVAAD 2026 on cybersecurity audits held at BITS Pilani Goa; AMBAK launched

CERT-In's three-day national annual conference 'CERT-In SAMVAAD 2026', held at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus from 27 to 29 April 2026, focused on cybersecurity audits and saw the launch of AMBAK.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Must know

NITI Aayog launches DPI@2047 roadmap for India's next phase of Digital Public Infrastructure

NITI Aayog on 27 April 2026 launched 'DPI@2047 for Viksit Bharat', a roadmap developed with EkStep Foundation and Deloitte that sets out DPI 2.0 (2025–2035) and DPI 3.0 (2035–2047) with eight sectoral transformations.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

TRAI releases consultation paper on proliferation of public Wi-Fi networks

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on 27 April 2026 released a consultation paper on 'Proliferation of Public Wi-Fi Networks in India', inviting comments by 25 May 2026 and counter-comments by 8 June 2026.

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🔬 Space 📍 India Must know

Seven space laboratories to be set up in universities in first phase; private space investment crosses USD 600 million

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on 26 April 2026 reviewed plans to set up space laboratories in universities and colleges, with seven labs in the first phase, as private investment in India's space sector crossed USD 600 million in five years and startups passed 400.

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🔬 Space 📍 Telangana Must know

Telangana CM flags off Skyroot's Vikram-1, India's first privately built orbital rocket, to Sriharikota

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on 25 April 2026 flagged off flight hardware of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1, India's first privately built orbital rocket, from Hyderabad to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, where the company hopes to launch it in June.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

MeitY launches indigenous Silicon Photonics Process Design Kit and PPIC Test Engine developed at IIT Madras

MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan on 24 April 2026 launched an indigenous Silicon Photonics Process Design Kit with over 50 verified components and a Universal Programmable Photonic IC Test Engine, both developed at the MeitY-sponsored CoE-CPPICS, IIT Madras.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Must know

MeitY notifies Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026; in force from 1 May

MeitY announced on 22 April 2026 the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026, framed under Section 19 of the PROG Act, 2025, which come into force on 1 May 2026 and set up the Online Gaming Authority of India.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

Revised TDIP Scheme guidelines released with ₹203 crore outlay for 2026–31

Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia released revised guidelines for the Department of Telecommunications' Technology Development and Investment Promotion (TDIP) Scheme on 22 April 2026, with an outlay of ₹203 crore for 2026–31 to boost India's role in global telecom standards and 6G.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Must know

NSS health survey 2025: 96% institutional deliveries; 13.1% report ailments, up from 7.5% in 2017–18

MoSPI released the 'Household Social Consumption: Health' survey of the NSS 80th round (January–December 2025) on 20 April 2026, showing 96% institutional deliveries and wider health insurance coverage.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

DoT's BharatNet-based Samriddh Gram initiative nominated for WSIS Prizes 2026

Samriddh Gram, the Department of Telecommunications' BharatNet-enabled 'phygital' rural service model, has been nominated for the WSIS Prizes 2026 under Action Line C6: Enabling Environment, DoT said on 20 April 2026.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Himachal Pradesh Important

BSIP study traces Jamun's origin to East Gondwana about 80 million years ago, using fossils from Himachal's Kasauli Formation

A study led by the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, reported by the Science Ministry on 20 April 2026, points to an East Gondwanan origin of the Jamun genus Syzygium about 80 million years ago, with India a major centre of early diversification.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Odisha Must know

Foundation stone laid for India's first advanced 3D glass semiconductor packaging unit at Bhubaneswar

The foundation stone of India's first advanced 3D chip packaging unit, promoted by 3D Glass Solutions, was laid at Info Valley, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on 19 April 2026 by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

MeitY constitutes Technology and Policy Expert Committee to advise India's AI governance group

The Ministry of Electronics and IT on 18 April 2026 announced the Technology and Policy Expert Committee (TPEC), a standing advisory body chaired by the MeitY Secretary to support the newly constituted AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG).

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Maharashtra

National Health Authority concludes two-day Chintan Shivir on AB PM-JAY and ABDM in Pune

The National Health Authority on 18 April 2026 concluded a two-day Chintan Shivir in Pune, Maharashtra, on Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, where states presented best practices.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Jammu and Kashmir

Scientific Conclave on Indian Pharmacopoeia 2026 held at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, with CSIR, held a Scientific Conclave and Interactive Session on Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) 2026 at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, on 17 April 2026.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Gujarat Must know

Government notifies SEZ at Dholera for Tata Semiconductor's chip fabrication plant, India's first

The Commerce Ministry said on 16 April 2026 that it has notified a Special Economic Zone at Dholera, Gujarat, to be set up by Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Pvt Ltd for India's first chip fabrication plant, spread over 66.166 hectares and expected to employ 21,000 people.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

MeitY constitutes AI Governance and Economic Group as apex inter-ministerial body on AI

The Ministry of Electronics and IT on 16 April 2026 constituted the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG), a high-level inter-ministerial body chaired by Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, as India's central mechanism for AI governance policy.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Important

India hosts first BRICS Health Working Group meeting of 2026; adds Healthy Lifestyle and Mental Wellness as priorities

The Union Health Ministry chaired the first BRICS Health Working Group meeting of 2026 in New Delhi, where India, as BRICS Chair, introduced 'Healthy Lifestyle' and 'Promotion of Mental Wellness' as two new priority areas.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Punjab

INST Mohali develops iron-MOF nanosphere sensor that glows to detect nicotine and cotinine

Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, have developed a fluorescent 'turn-on' sensor made of iron metal-organic framework nanospheres that detects nicotine and its metabolite cotinine in water and living cells, the DST said on 15 April 2026.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Haryana

TDB backs Gurugram's Casey Aviation for hybrid 'Jump Take-Off' propulsion under India–UK R&D programme

The Technology Development Board of DST signed an agreement with Casey Aviation Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram, for its 'Boost Electric Jump Take-Off (BE-JTO)' hybrid propulsion project, sanctioning a conditional grant under the India–UK Collaborative R&D Programme for Industrial Sustainability with UK partner ARC Aerosystems.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Gujarat

President Murmu addresses first convocation of AIIMS Rajkot

President Droupadi Murmu addressed the first convocation of AIIMS Rajkot on 13 April 2026, as its inaugural batch of medical students graduated, and urged attention to regional health challenges such as maternal and child health and sickle cell anaemia.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India

ANRF developing 'SARAL AI' to turn research papers into simple content in 18 Indian languages

Union Minister Jitendra Singh reviewed the Anusandhan National Research Foundation on 13 April 2026, where it was informed that ANRF is developing 'SARAL AI' to convert research into simple social media content in 18 Indian languages and has launched 'MAHA' mission-mode programmes.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Karnataka

CARI Bengaluru becomes first CCRAS institute with ISO 15189:2022 lab accreditation

The clinical laboratory of the Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI), Bengaluru, became the first CCRAS institute to receive ISO 15189:2022 accreditation in both biochemistry and haematology, the Ministry of Ayush said on 11 April 2026.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India

World Homoeopathy Day 2026 convention concludes at Vigyan Bhawan

The two-day World Homoeopathy Day 2026 convention organised by the Ministry of Ayush concluded at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 11 April 2026, with sessions on clinical evidence, regulation and the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India

JNCASR builds frog-inspired, humidity-responsive brain-like sensor

JNCASR researchers have built a humidity-responsive neuromorphic sensor from 1D supramolecular nanofibres, inspired by cricket frogs, that senses, processes and stores information in one device, DST said on 9 April 2026.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 India Important

National Quantum Mission demonstrates 1,000-km quantum communication network

A 1,000-km quantum communication network built with QNu Labs' indigenous technology has been demonstrated under the National Quantum Mission, against a target of 2,000 km over eight years, Dr Jitendra Singh was told on 8 April 2026.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Maharashtra

Yoga Mahotsav in Lonar sets Asia record for mass Trikonasana, starts IDY 2026 countdown

Yoga Mahotsav–2026 at Lonar, Buldhana district, Maharashtra, on 7 April 2026 entered the Asia Book of Records for the largest gathering performing Trikonasana and began the 75-day countdown to the 12th International Day of Yoga.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Tamil Nadu Must know

Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam attains first criticality

India's indigenously designed 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, attained first criticality at 8:25 pm on 6 April 2026, marking entry into the second stage of the three-stage nuclear power programme.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 India

BCAS and Rashtriya Raksha University to set up aviation security equipment testing centre

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and Rashtriya Raksha University signed an MoU in New Delhi on 6 April 2026 to set up India's indigenous testing centre for full body scanners and other airport security screening equipment.

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