Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

VoicERA: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology unveiled VoicERA at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. It is an open-source, end-to-end Voice AI stack. It is deployed on the BHASHINI National Language Infrastructure. It establishes a national execution layer for multilingual Voice and Language AI. It is designed to be open, pluggable, interoperable, cloud […]

Bharat VISTAAR: The Ministry of Agriculture launched Phase-1 of the AI-based ‘Bharat VISTAAR’ scheme in Jaipur, Rajasthan, amid the AI Summit in Delhi to digitally empower farmers. ‘Bharat VISTAAR’ is a multilingual Artificial Intelligence(AI) based conversational advisory system that allows farmers to ask agriculture-related questions through mobile or smartphone and receive instant solutions. Objective is […]

SAHI & BODH Health AI Initiatives: The Union Health Minister launched two digital initiatives, Secure AI for Health Initiative (SAHI) and Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI (BODH), at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 to strengthen India’s health AI ecosystem. SAHI functions as a national roadmap and policy framework guiding responsible AI adoption […]

Bee Corridor: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative to develop pollinator or ‘Bee Corridors’ along National Highways to promote ecological infrastructure development. The ‘Bee Corridor’ will have a continuous stretch of flowering trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses that will provide year-round nectar and pollen through staggered seasonal flowering cycles. […]

CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite: ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) recently revealed a four-planet system whose outermost world is a small and rocky planet — not a gas giant. It is a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft. It is the first space mission dedicated to studying bright, nearby stars that are already known to host exoplanets, in […]

Lymphedema: A newly discovered cellular mechanism shows promise for treating painful lymphedema. Lymphedema is swelling in various areas of body that happens when something affects the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system collects excess fluid, proteins, and toxins from the cells and tissues and returns them to the bloodstream. When the lymphatic system doesn’t work well, […]

AI-Preneurs of India: The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), under NITI Aayog, launched “AI-Preneurs of India”,a flagship coffee table book, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.Chronicles the entrepreneurial journeys of 45 pioneering AI startups selected from a nationwide network of Atal Incubation Centres (AICs). Employs a “founder-first” storytelling approach highlighting motivations, perseverance, and challenges faced […]

SAHI and BODH Initiative: The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare will launch two key national initiatives namely SAHI and BODH at the India AI Summit at Bharat Mandapam. The Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for India (SAHI) is a national guidance framework to enable the safe, ethical, evidence-based, and inclusive adoption of […]

India-AI Impact Summit 2026: The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 commenced at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), marking the first major global Artificial Intelligence (AI) summit hosted in the Global South and showcasing India’s leadership in inclusive, development-focused AI. The Summit is hosted under the India […]

Urban Challenge Fund: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister of India approved the launch of the Urban Challenge Fund (UCF). It is a new centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The Fund aims to build resilient, productive, inclusive and climate-responsive cities, positioning those as key driver of the […]