All 7 Science & Technology updates published in April 2026, grouped into 4 subtopics. Each one carries the exam-relevant facts and its GK Bytes; open an update for the complete note with static GK.
Over 38,000 GPUs had been onboarded to the IndiaAI common-compute facility (rising toward 45,000+), offered to startups and academia at subsidised rates, with a target of 100,000 public GPUs by December 2026.
MeitY notified the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026, specifying the Online Gaming Authority's composition, criteria to identify 'online money games' and a 10-year registration certificate for e-sports.
India outlined a plan to expand nuclear power capacity more than tenfold - from about 8.8 GW to 100 GW by 2047 - as part of its clean-energy and net-zero roadmap.
SKUAST-Srinagar successfully cultivated the prized Morchella (morel) mushroom under controlled conditions for the first time, a potential boost for high-value agriculture in Kashmir.
Under the India Semiconductor Mission, 12 chip projects worth ~Rs 1.64 lakh crore had been approved (one fab, two compound-semiconductor fabs, nine packaging units); 'ISM 2.0' was announced in Union Budget 2026-27.
A collaboration between IIT Delhi and Optimist announced an air conditioner that delivers full performance at 50 degrees C ambient heat, entering pilot testing for India's extreme summers.
IIT Bombay scientists reported (in the journal Nature) a new catalytic strategy converting fatty acids into complex molecules for drug development, enabling faster synthesis of compounds with potential anticancer activity.