Bangladesh began fuel loading at Unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant on 28 April 2026 at Ishwardi in Pabna. The plant is Bangladesh’s first nuclear power...
The National Medical Commission (NMC) removed the 150-seat cap for MBBS admissions on 28 April 2026 by amending the Undergraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023. The amendment allows medical...
Alphabet’s Google signed a classified artificial intelligence agreement with the United States Department of Defense on 28 April 2026. The arrangement allows the Pentagon to use Google’s AI...
ISRO is preparing to include civilian specialists in its astronaut corps alongside military pilots for India’s human spaceflight programme. The astronaut selection and management committee has recommended mixed...
India has recorded multiple new jumping spider species in 2025 and 2026, including Mogrus shushka, Mogrus pune, Asemonea dentis, Colyttus nongwar, Spartaeus karigiri, Pilia malenadu, Epidelaxia falciformis, Epidelaxia...
China has developed iron-based battery technologies that include an all-iron flow battery and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. These systems are used in electric vehicles, grid storage, and...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) completed high-resolution Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) mapping for India on 26 April 2026, which is National Panchayati Raj Day. The...
Researchers from the Central University of Rajasthan have identified a new species of cyanobacteria from Pushkar Lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan. The organism has been named Pushkarnema CURAJAE, with...
India’s astronaut cadre is planned to open to civilians for future human space missions, with civilian specialists from STEM fields proposed for the second batch of astronauts. The...
ISRO and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj are linked through nationwide land use and land cover mapping, Gram Panchayat-level spatial planning, and the SVAMITVA Scheme. The mapping system...
