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Biofortification in Crop Breeding

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) developed 203 biofortified crop varieties between 2014 and 2025 to tackle widespread anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies across India. These varieties include...

 May 12, 2026

Women Welfare Scheme Annapurna Bhandar

The Government of West Bengal announced the introduction of the Annapurna Bhandar scheme, scheduled to commence operations on 1 June 2026. This new social welfare initiative will provide...

 May 12, 2026

Biofortification and One Health Initiative

The Indian Council of Medical Research and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research launched the SEHAT initiative on 11 May 2026 in New Delhi. SEHAT, standing for Science...

 May 12, 2026

Indigenous Air Cushion Vehicle Development

The Indian Coast Guard is advancing its indigenous Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) programme at the Chowgule Shipyard in Goa. The Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Chowgule...

 May 12, 2026

West Bengal Chief Secretary Appointment

The West Bengal government appointed Manoj Agarwal, a 1990-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, as the new Chief Secretary of the state on May 11, 2026. Agarwal replaces...

 May 12, 2026

Brunhes-Matuyama Geomagnetic Reversal

Researchers discovered glacier ice dating back at least 770,000 years beneath the permafrost on Bylot Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic. This discovery stands as one of the...

 May 12, 2026

Women’s Safety Special Task Force

The Tamil Nadu government established the Singapen Special Task Force on May 11, 2026, to institutionalize comprehensive security frameworks for women. Operating directly under the supervision of the...

 May 12, 2026

Passive Cooling Technology Ammonium Nitrate

Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia developed a passive cooling system named NESCOD that operates without electricity. This technology uses...

 May 12, 2026

Little Red Dots and Black Hole Growth

Astronomers have identified a rare deep-space object named 3DHST-AEGIS-12014, located approximately 11.8 billion light-years from Earth, which may explain the evolution of primordial supermassive black holes. Published in...

 May 11, 2026

Cheetah Reintroduction in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh has earned the informal title of “Cheetah State” following the strategic expansion of Project Cheetah, the world's first intercontinental large wild carnivore translocation initiative. Originally aimed...

 May 11, 2026

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