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Sustainable Aviation Fuel – Regulatory amendment in India

Sustainable Aviation Fuel – Regulatory amendment in India

Why in news? The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas amended the Aviation Turbine Fuel (Regulation of Marketing) Order, 2001 to include blends of su...

Telecom TDIP Scheme – Strengthening Standardisation

Telecom TDIP Scheme – Strengthening Standardisation

Why in news? The Department of Telecommunications has released revised guidelines for the Technology Development and Investment Promotion (TDIP) schem...

NARIT‑AI – AI Tool for Narcotics Investigations

NARIT‑AI – AI Tool for Narcotics Investigations

Why in news? The Gujarat Police have introduced NARIT‑AI (Narcotics Analysis & Retrieval Augmented Investigation Tool) to assist investigators in bu...

Curiosity Rover – Discovery of Organic Molecules on Mars

Curiosity Rover – Discovery of Organic Molecules on Mars

Why in news? NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected a suite of organic molecules in Martian soil, including a nitrogen‑bearing ring structure that ma...

Prajna System

Prajna System

Why in news? The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has received an indigenously developed, AI‑enabled satellite imaging system called Prajna. The...

Truck Mounted Attenuator

Truck Mounted Attenuator

Why in news? The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has introduced the use of Truck Mounted Attenuators (TMAs) on Indian highways. These ...

Jamun and its ancient origins

Jamun and its ancient origins

Why in news? A new study suggests that the jamun tree (Syzygium) originated far earlier than previously believed and that India was a major centre for...

Ancient Evidence of Scarlet Fever in a Bolivian Mummy

Ancient Evidence of Scarlet Fever in a Bolivian Mummy

Why in news? Scientists analysing a 700‑year‑old mummy from the Andean highlands of Bolivia have recovered DNA from Streptococcus pyogenes, the ba...

IATA’s Global Feedstock Assessment and India’s SAF Potential

IATA’s Global Feedstock Assessment and India’s SAF Potential

Why in news? The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published a comprehensive Global Feedstock Assessment on the potential for produci...

Apis mellifera – Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera – Western Honey Bee

Why in news? Researchers at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR‑IIIM) in Srinagar h...

Fructose and Metabolic Disorders

Fructose and Metabolic Disorders

Why in news? A new study reported in the journal Nature Metabolism highlighted fructose as a key driver of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Researchers...

Dung Beetles and the Milky Way

Dung Beetles and the Milky Way

Why in news? Scientists highlighted that certain African dung beetles can navigate by using the Milky Way’s band of light. This discovery illustrate...

Glutathione Transport and Protein Folding

Glutathione Transport and Protein Folding

Why in news? Researchers recently identified a transporter protein that regulates glutathione levels inside the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), shedding l...

CAR‑T Cell Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases

CAR‑T Cell Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases

Why in news? A German medical team reported that a patient with three severe autoimmune disorders achieved long‑term remission after receiving CAR�...

New Hafnium‑Oxide Memristor

New Hafnium‑Oxide Memristor

Why in news? A team from the University of Cambridge has developed a memristor that operates at extremely low currents and could reduce the energy con...

Byzantine fortress in Spain and a glimpse of the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine fortress in Spain and a glimpse of the Byzantine Empire

Why in news? Archaeologists excavating a hilltop near El Monastil in southeastern Spain have uncovered a rare sixth‑century Byzantine fortress. The ...

BCG vaccine and India’s aid to Afghanistan

BCG vaccine and India’s aid to Afghanistan

Why in news? On 14 April 2026, India delivered 13 tonnes of Bacille Calmette‑Guérin (BCG) vaccines and related supplies to Afghanistan’s Ministry...

e‑SafeHER Initiative – Cybersecurity for Rural Women

e‑SafeHER Initiative – Cybersecurity for Rural Women

Why in news? On 13 April 2026 the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Reliance Foundation launched e‑SafeHER, a nationwide cybers...

Whole‑Exome Sequencing (WES)

Whole‑Exome Sequencing (WES)

Why in news? Geneticists and clinicians are increasingly advocating whole‑exome sequencing as a first‑line test for diagnosing rare genetic disord...

OPEC+

OPEC+

Why in news? At its recent ministerial meeting the alliance of oil‑exporting countries known as OPEC+ decided to extend voluntary production cuts in...

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