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NDA Science & Technology Current Affairs 2026

Science and technology make up about one in eight NDA current-affairs questions, and they often connect to the physics, chemistry and biology of the GAT syllabus. These explainers cover space missions, research from Indian institutes and technology programmes, and teach the concept behind each one. Every article carries ten practice MCQs and a note on how the topic is asked.

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• 16 October 2026 A Lignite Mine in Tamil Nadu, and Why It Looks Like Mars

  Indian scientists at the University of Kerala identified melanterite at Neyveli and gypsum in the Tiruchirappalli Badlands and Atacama Desert, establishing them as Martian analogue sites. An…

• 15 October 2026 32 Slices, and the Part That Is Hard to Build

  The Technology Development Board signed an agreement on 15 October 2026 with Panacea Medical Technologies to develop and commercialise an indigenous 32-slice CT scanner. An explainer on how …

• 13 October 2026 The Shirt Must Not Fade, and the River Pays

  INST Mohali has built a filter that destroys textile dyes using zinc oxide in biodegradable nanofibers, with vibration suppressing electron-hole recombination. An explainer on photocatalysis…

• 12 October 2026 ₹1 Lakh Crore, and the State Chose Not to Pick Winners

  The ₹1 lakh crore RDI Fund has named its first 19 Second Level Fund Managers — 14 AIFs and 5 Focused Research Organisations, with ₹7,131 crore committed. An explainer on the fund-of-funds de…

• 10 October 2026 8 Clusters, and an Office That Convenes Rather Than Funds

  The Principal Scientific Adviser chaired the Fourth All S&T Clusters' Meet at Chandigarh. An explainer on India's eight science and technology clusters, why the model attacks translation thr…

• 9 October 2026 The Number on Your Screen Was Never Verified

  India backed an ITU proposal for joint trials of caller identity verification across international networks at IMC 2026. An explainer on why caller ID can be spoofed, what gateway attestatio…

• 8 October 2026 10% of the Patents, Not 10% of the Network

  At the 3rd Bharat 6G Symposium, India set a target of 10% of global 6G patents and standards. An explainer on standard-essential patents, why that target is harder than building a network, a…

• 7 October 2026 96% of Platinum, Built From Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur

  Indian researchers demonstrated TTT-DHTD, a metal-free covalent organic framework that reaches about 96% of platinum's performance in the oxygen reduction reaction. An explainer on the ORR b…

• 5 October 2026 60 Years of Uranium, and a Dark Matter Lab 815 Metres Down

  UCIL marked six decades since its incorporation on 4 October 1967. An explainer on the front end of India's nuclear fuel cycle, why low ore grades shaped the three-stage programme, and the d…

• 4 October 2026 40 Machines, 68 Petaflops, and the Cray India Was Refused

  A PIB backgrounder of 4 October 2026 puts the National Supercomputing Mission at 40 machines and 68 petaflops. An explainer on the export denial that started PARAM, what the Rudra server act…

• 3 October 2026 5.56 Kilometres Through Open Air, and Why They Did It at Night

  QNu Labs, BISAG-N and IIT Gandhinagar demonstrated India's first free-space quantum key distribution link over 5.56 km. An explainer on why atmospheric QKD differs from fibre, and why it is …

• 2 October 2026 An Ultrasound Performed 10,000 Kilometres Away

  Dr Jitendra Singh told the Society of Robotic Surgery conference that robotics will extend across every medical specialty. An explainer on how surgical robots work, why latency limits tele-r…

• 1 October 2026 1,632 Square Kilometres of Seabed Off Great Nicobar

  The Ministry of Mines launched the auction of two offshore mineral blocks in the Andaman Sea on 1 October 2026. An explainer on polymetallic nodules and crusts, how they form, and the law go…

• 30 September 2026 2% of the Hydrogen, and a Telescope That Never Moves

  CHIME, with Indian collaborators from the Raman Research Institute, made its first standalone detection of hydrogen's radio glow across cosmic distances. An explainer on the 21-centimetre li…

• 29 September 2026 A Rotor Nobody Drives

  The DGCA promulgated a Civil Aviation Requirement on 29 September 2026 prescribing the training syllabus for gyroplane pilot licences. An explainer on autorotation, why a gyroplane cannot ho…

• 26 September 2026 Making the Fuel Where the Ships Already Stop

  India's first port-based e-methanol plant had its foundation stone laid at Kandla on 26 September 2026. An explainer on how e-methanol is made from green hydrogen and captured CO2, why shipp…

• 25 September 2026 Landing the Second Stage Is the Hard Half

  TDB-DST signed a Rs 200 crore agreement with Agnikul Cosmos on 25 September 2026 for the fully reusable Agnibaan RLV. An explainer on why first-stage recovery is easier than upper-stage reco…

• 24 September 2026 Twenty Thousandths of a Degree Above Absolute Zero

  DRDO signed its first high-value deep-tech agreement with a start-up under the TDF scheme on 24 September 2026, for an indigenous 20 mK dilution refrigerator. An explainer on how dilution re…

• 23 September 2026 Six to Nine: The Part of Innovation Where Projects Die

  The Technology Development Board approved Rs 285 crore for Ubifly Technologies on 23 September 2026 to take its indigenous ePlane from TRL-6 to TRL-9. An explainer on the Technology Readines…

• 22 September 2026 Flip the Switch: The Host Cell Decides Whether a Virus Wins

  The 9th Molecular Virology Meeting concluded at BRIC-NII, New Delhi, on 18 September 2026. An explainer on host factors, why a virus is not alive on its own, what platform technologies chang…