Science and technology current affairs for UPSC
15 stories from The Hindu, The Indian Express and PIB on science and technology, newest first, each with Prelims facts, a Mains answer and the previous-year questions it helps answer.
September 2026 14
- ₹1 lakh crore RDI Fund for deep tech pauses new applications as funds run short 30 September 2026 · Indian Express
India's flagship fund to pull private money into research has stalled after one round. What went wrong?
- India's first port-based e-methanol plant to come up at Kandla 27 September 2026 · PIB
Can an Indian port make green fuel for the ships that call at it?
- How Gaganyaan's crew module will deploy its parachutes 22 September 2026 · The Hindu
Coming home safely is the hardest part of human spaceflight.
- How the EU plans to keep children under 15 off social media 21 September 2026 · The Hindu
Australia banned it for under-16s. Now Europe moves. Should India?
- Deep-sea discovery and environmental responsibility 19 September 2026 · The Hindu
Critical minerals lie on the ocean floor. So do ecosystems we barely know.
- SEMICON India 2026 opens with a push from design to systems 18 September 2026 · PIB
From fabs to packaging, India wants the whole chip chain.
- Op-ed: China's cheap open-weight AI models may not stay open for long 16 September 2026 · The Hindu
Indian startups build on Qwen and DeepSeek because they are cheap. What happens if the tap is turned down?
- RRI scientists show a well-timed single operation can delay quantum decoherence 15 September 2026 · Indian Express
Entangled particles lose their link in a flash. Can one well-timed flip keep it alive longer?
- Defence Ministry: S-400 downed a Pakistani aircraft 314 km away in Operation Sindoor 14 September 2026 · The Hindu
India now officially claims one of the longest surface-to-air kills on record. What makes such a shot possible?
- First Badri calf born through OPU-IVF, a boost for Uttarakhand's hill cattle 13 September 2026 · PIB
A Badri embryo, a Sahiwal mother: can lab reproduction save a small Himalayan cattle breed faster than nature?
- Mercury may have shrunk by up to 23 km in diameter, about 30% more than thought 11 September 2026 · The Hindu
A planet shrinks as it cools. How do cliffs on Mercury's surface reveal by how much, and why does it matter?
- CosmoCube: a satellite to listen for the universe's Dark Ages from the Moon's far side 9 September 2026 · The Hindu
The first stars are invisible to telescopes. Can a faint radio hum from hydrogen, heard behind the Moon, reveal them?
- ISRO staff bodies question the plan to hand rocket making to industry 6 September 2026 · Indian Express
If private firms build India's rockets and satellites, what is left for ISRO to make?
- GSLV-F17 launches EOS-05, India's first imaging satellite for geosynchronous orbit 5 September 2026 · The Hindu
A camera 36,000 km up sees less detail but looks every five minutes. Why does India want that?
October 2026 1
- India demonstrates a 5.56 km free-space quantum key distribution link in Gandhinagar 4 October 2026 · PIB
A secret key sent through open air across 5.56 km: how does physics catch an eavesdropper?
Concepts that keep coming back
- National Quantum Mission 2 stories
- Operation Sindoor 2 stories
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2 stories