Daily current affairs
Short summaries with exam relevance and source links. Updated every morning.
WHO South-East Asia Regional Office certified India's progress on measles-rubella elimination as a model for other developing nations. India launched the MR vaccine campaign in 2017 — over 32 crore children immunized.
DPIIT launched the National Deep-Tech Startup Policy with a ₹2,000 crore Fund of Funds for AI, quantum, biotech, space-tech, advanced materials. Aims to support 10,000 deep-tech startups by 2030.
DoT released the Bharat 6G Vision 2030 — strategy document targeting 10% of global 6G IPRs by 2030. Plans for testbed, standards contribution to ITU, R&D ecosystem support.
India-Singapore activated next phase of UPI-PayNow integration. Real-time bank-to-bank payments under SGD 1000 per transaction. ~₹250 cr transactions in pilot. Similar arrangements being finalized with UAE, France, Bhutan.
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (Lucknow) announced first indigenous oral insulin tablet, completing Phase II clinical trials. Could replace injectable insulin for type-2 diabetics. Expected approval and launch by 2027.
IMD operationalised the Bharat Forecast System, India's indigenous high-resolution global numerical weather prediction model. Resolution: 6 km — 4× sharper than the previous global system.
Indian Railways completed KAVACH (indigenous Automatic Train Protection) deployment on 5,000 route km, mainly Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors. Prevents collisions and signal violations. Target: 35,000 km by 2027.
RBI announced nationwide rollout of digital rupee (e₹) for retail transactions after 18 months of pilot. ~12 lakh users in pilot phase; transaction volume crossed ₹2000 crore. Now available via UPI-style mobile apps from all major banks.
The Centre approved Chandrayaan-4 — India's first lunar sample return mission. Target launch: 2028. Will use SLV2 (heavy launcher) and two-spacecraft rendezvous architecture.
ISRO marked the third anniversary of Chandrayaan-3's successful soft landing with the launch of CY-3A, a follow-up mission demonstrating in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) experiments on the lunar surface.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Mission for AI in Healthcare with ₹3,500 crore over 5 years. Focus: diagnostic AI, drug discovery, public health surveillance.
ISRO announced Aditya-L2, a follow-up to Aditya-L1, targeting the L2 Lagrange point for stereoscopic observation of the Sun. Launch planned 2028. Will study coronal mass ejections and solar wind in detail.
ICF Chennai completed trial runs of Vande Bharat Sleeper variant on Western Railway. Speed test: 180 km/h achieved. Equipped with First AC, AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier coaches. Commercial launch expected late 2026 on Delhi-Mumbai overnight route.
Tata Electronics announced first indigenously produced 8K resolution LCD display panel at Tamil Nadu fab. Initial output: 2 lakh panels/year. Reduces import dependency on display panels (~$10B annual imports).
Delhi Metro inaugurated India's first metro tunnel below a major river — under the Yamuna, on the Phase 4 corridor (Tughlaqabad-Aerocity). Engineering feat with twin-tunnel boring machines at depth of 25m.
CSIR-National Chemical Lab (Pune) developed first-in-class plant-derived mRNA vaccine platform. Could be game-changer for cold-chain-free vaccines in tropical countries. Phase 1 trial planned for influenza in 2026.
ISRO conducted the fourth landing experiment of its Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator at the Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga. The autonomous spaceplane landed precisely after release from a helicopter at 4.5 km altitude.
NHSRCL reported Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR is at 50% physical completion. Vapi-Surat section piers complete. 21-km undersea tunnel through Thane Creek (longest in India) under construction. Commercial operations targeted for end-2027.
World Bank report ranked India #1 globally for digital public infrastructure (DPI). Cited Aadhaar, UPI, and DigiLocker as templates for other developing countries. ~50 countries adopting India Stack components.
IIT Madras was selected to host the first World Quantum Day Summit in April 2027. The selection marks recognition of India's growing role in quantum tech after the National Quantum Mission and Quantum Communication Mission.
GSMA Mobile Economy report: India tops global mobile data usage per user at 28 GB/month (vs world average 15 GB). Driven by 5G rollout, Jio/Airtel competition, low data prices.
IMD rolled out the new AI-based Hyper-Local Weather Forecasting System (HLWFS) covering all 766 districts of India. Provides hour-by-hour forecasts at 1 km resolution, factoring local geography. India joins US, China, EU.
ISRO completed the TV-D2 abort test for Gaganyaan, demonstrating crew module escape from a malfunctioning rocket. Critical step before the uncrewed orbital test in 2026.
Department of Science & Technology announced India's first home-grown 25-qubit superconducting quantum computer at C-DAC Pune under the National Quantum Mission. Open to researchers via a cloud portal.
Centre approved expansion of the National Quantum Mission to ₹10,000 crore till 2031. Four verticals: quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum sensing, materials and devices.
Ministry of Road Transport announced a ₹17,490 crore National Hydrogen Mobility Mission aiming to put 100,000 fuel-cell vehicles on Indian roads by 2030. Refueling network of 200 stations planned.
MeitY unveiled India's first National Cyber Resilience Framework (NCRF) defining minimum cybersecurity baselines for critical infrastructure (banking, power, telecom, transport). Mandatory compliance audits every 6 months for designated entities.
DoT launched the first Bharat 6G Vision pilot network in Bengaluru. Targets sub-millisecond latency, ultra-high speeds (100 Gbps), and integration with AI/IoT. Aims to make India a global 6G IP-holder.
Cabinet approved National AI Compute Mission with ₹15,000 crore — to deploy 10,000 GPUs (Nvidia H100 + Indian chips) for AI startups, research, and PSUs. Aimed to make India a top-3 AI nation by 2030.
PM inaugurated the National Centre for Cybersecurity Excellence (NCCE) at Hyderabad. ₹2,000 cr facility with R&D labs, training infrastructure, and global threat intelligence. India faces ~1.5 M cyber attacks/day.
Ministry of Health & FW launched National Health Stack — unified digital health platform integrating Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), CoWIN, eSanjeevani. Single API for all health services. Personal health IDs for 1.3 billion Indians.
Ministry of Railways inaugurated 75 new Vande Bharat Express trains in a single day — marking 75 years of Indian independence (Amrit Kaal milestone). Total Vande Bharat network now exceeds 100+ trains covering major routes.
GSMA Intelligence report: India is the world's fastest-growing 5G market with over 290 million 5G subscriptions, surpassing the US for the second consecutive year.
MeitY released the National AI Strategy 2026, building on IndiaAI Mission. Pillars: AI compute access, foundation models in Indian languages, AI Safety Institute, and AI for sectoral applications (health, agri, education).
ISRO successfully launched GSAT-N3, a high-throughput communication satellite, on the LVM3 rocket. The satellite supports broadband connectivity in remote regions and Ka-band services.
India and Japan jointly announced a ₹85,000 crore semiconductor foundry in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. The plant will produce 28 nm and 65 nm legacy chips for automotive and IoT applications.
DRDO successfully test-fired Shaurya-II hypersonic missile from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The missile reportedly achieved Mach 7+ speeds and demonstrated boost-glide capability.
The government approved a ₹6,000 crore Quantum Communication Mission to develop quantum key distribution networks across major cities by 2030. ISRO and DRDO will jointly execute the mission.
India retained its position as the top-ranked lower-middle-income economy in the Global Innovation Index 2026, climbing to 38th overall. Strong performance in market sophistication and knowledge outputs.
The 2026 budget launched India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 — a follow-up programme to expand domestic chip manufacturing capacity, including support for foundries and rare-earth corridors in mineral-rich states.