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As of 15 July 2026 the US CDC confirmed 1,645 domestically acquired Cyclospora cases across 34 states and is reviewing over 5,100 additional reports. Organism and Taxonomy Scientific...

Uttar Pradesh launched Kaushal Setu and Kaushal Sarathi on 15 July 2026 in Lucknow during the state-level World Youth Skills Day event at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan. The Portals...

A new colobus monkey species, Colobus congoensis (local name Likweli), was described from the Democratic Republic of Congo and published in PLOS One on 15 July 2026. Taxonomy...

The Ministry of Power released the draft Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) III norms on 16 July 2026. The draft covers M1 passenger vehicles sold in India for...

Researchers have recorded multiple new damselfly species in Kerala’s Western Ghats between 2023 and 2026, including Lestes paloti, Euphaea wayanadensis, Melanoneura agasthyamalaica and Protosticta armageddonia. New records (2023–2026)...

The Department of Space issued an internal memorandum on 14 July 2026 tightening voluntary retirement and resignation rules for Group A scientific and technical personnel at ISRO up...

By 15–16 July 2026 Project INROAD had established 1.8 lakh hectares of rubber plantations against a 2.0 lakh hectare target across 113 districts in North‑East India and West...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the National Investment Policy for Urea-2026 on 15 July 2026. NIPU-2026 targets addition of 10 million tonnes of domestic urea capacity...

In June 2026 Jharkhand received Geographical Indication (GI) tags for four traditional products: Bhagaiya Silk, Kuchai Silk, Munda Jewellery and Jharkhand Bamboo Craft. The four GI‑tagged products Bhagaiya...

The Union Cabinet approved Semicon Mission 2.0 (outlay ₹1.27 lakh crore) and a new Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (outlay ₹62,500 crore) on 15 July 2026, committing nearly ₹1.9...