National Startup Day on 16 January 2026 marks ten years of the Startup India Initiative—a policy experiment that has matured into one of the world’s largest and most...
Huntington’s disease is a progressive, inherited brain disorder that affects movement, cognition and emotions. It usually appears in adulthood, often between 30 and 50 years of age, and...
Delhi has shifted thousands of monkeys from residential and commercial areas to the Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary over the last five years as part of efforts to address the...
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2026 has identified geoeconomic confrontation as the top near-term global risk. It is followed by interstate conflict, extreme weather, societal polarisation,...
India has expanded its registered livestock and poultry genetic resources with the addition of 16 new breeds, taking the total to 246. The newly recognised list includes two...
A fire mishap gutted 38 thatched houses belonging to members of the Konda Reddi tribe in Sarlanka village of Prathipadu mandal, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh. The incident occurred...
India will launch its first National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers in Hyderabad on 16–17 January 2026. The initiative aims to formally recognise tribal and indigenous healers...
Defence Forces Veterans’ Day 2026 was observed across India with rallies, wreath laying ceremonies, grievance redressal counters and facilitation help desks to honour ex-servicemen and their contribution to...
The latest basin-wide survey has mapped the status of the gharial, a critically endangered fish-eating crocodile, across the Ganga river system. The study found 3,037 gharials in 13...
Voyager 1 is set to become the first human-made object to reach a distance of one light-day from Earth by November 2026. The milestone will mark another record...
