Science & Technology Current Affairs 2026 for Government Exams
Every Science & Technology current affair published on MockSutra since December 2025 — 152 verified updates across 11 months, newest first. Open a month for the full write-ups with GK Bytes, or start with the latest updates below.
Most covered: Research & Innovation (29), Health & Biotechnology (28), AI & Computing (27), IT, Telecom & Cyber (19).
An outbreak of Bud Rot, a fatal coconut palm disease caused by the pathogen *Phytophthora palmivora*, has struck Tiptur taluk of Tumakuru district, Karnataka, affecting villages including…
A US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) order directing federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products, and third-party services built on its AI models, took effect on publication…
A team led by astrophysicist Mark Hollands of the University of Warwick has identified WD J1330+6435, a white dwarf about 280 light-years away in the constellation Draco, whose spectrum…
Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) and the Indian Institute of Science have inaugurated a Quantum Research Lab on the IISc campus in Bengaluru, funded through SSIR's CSR support…
The Technology Development Board (TDB), under the Department of Science and Technology, extended a combined Rs 301 crore in research and innovation support to two deep-tech firms.
The Department of Telecommunications, through a circular dated 13 October 2026, made Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) a mandatory default service for all telecom operators from 1 November…
The Research, Development and Innovation Fund (RDIF) announced its first cohort of 19 Second Level Fund Managers — 14 Alternative Investment Funds and five Focused Research Organisations —…
Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda laid the foundation stone of the Indian Council of Medical Research's first High-Altitude Health Research Centre at Keylong in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul…
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology selected Bengaluru-based AI start-up CoRover.ai to build a unified agentic AI assistant and bot platform for government services, with…
Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia inaugurated the 3rd International Bharat 6G Symposium 2026, held 7 to 9 October at Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi, and organised by the…
Two independent groups reported the first working nuclear clocks in Nature on 7 October 2026, both embedding the radioactive isotope thorium-229 in a calcium fluoride crystal and locking a…
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has begun rolling out the National Strategy for Additive Manufacturing (NSAM) 2.0, succeeding the first strategy issued in…