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PM Vishwakarma Haat 2026 at Dilli Haat

PM Vishwakarma Haat 2026 will be organised by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi, from 18 to 31 January 2026....

 January 19, 2026

INS Sagardhwani Flagged Off for Sagar Maitri Mission

INS Sagardhwani, India’s oceanographic research vessel, has been flagged off for the fifth edition of the Sagar Maitri initiative from the Southern Naval Command in Kochi. The mission...

 January 19, 2026

India Tightens Crypto KYC Rules

India’s approach to regulating cryptocurrencies has taken another incremental but significant step. On January 8, the Financial Intelligence Unit–India (FIU-IND) updated its AML and CFT guidelines for entities...

 January 19, 2026

Arbitration Council of India Dilemma

Nearly six years after Parliament amended India’s arbitration law to strengthen institutional arbitration, a key reform remains on paper. The Arbitration Council of India (ACI), envisaged as the...

 January 19, 2026

POCSO Law and Adolescent Consent

The Supreme Court’s recent observation urging the Union government to consider a “Romeo–Juliet clause” under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has reopened a long-simmering...

 January 19, 2026

US–Iran Tensions Amid Protests

The Iranian government’s declaration on January 12 that it had brought unrest under control has not ended global anxiety. Instead, attention has shifted to the United States, where...

 January 19, 2026

India’s Export Slowdown After US Tariffs

India’s merchandise trade data for December 2025 has drawn attention not because of headline export growth, but due to what lies beneath it. While exports rose marginally year-on-year,...

 January 19, 2026

Gegeneophis valmiki Discovered in Western Ghats

Indian scientists have identified a rare subterranean amphibian species in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra and named it Gegeneophis valmiki. The discovery was made by a multi-institutional...

 January 19, 2026

Paracetamol Safety During Pregnancy

The safety of medicines taken during pregnancy often becomes a matter of public anxiety, especially when scientific evidence is misinterpreted or politicised. A new large-scale review published in...

 January 19, 2026

Kaziranga’s Elevated Corridor Balance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to flag off a 34.5-km elevated corridor through Assam’s Kaziranga — a project that seeks to reconcile two competing imperatives: infrastructure-led connectivity...

 January 19, 2026

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