On 24 April 2026, the United States Department of Commerce announced preliminary anti-dumping duties of 123.04% on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules imported from India. The same...
Tuvalu is facing an existential threat from rising sea levels, with more than 90 per cent of its people applying for an Australian visa scheme in 2025. The...
The World Health Organization granted prequalification on 24 April 2026 to the first malaria treatment specifically designed for newborns and young infants. The medicine is artemether-lumefantrine, marketed as...
Census 2027 is India’s first fully digital census and uses mobile-based data collection for nationwide enumeration. The exercise has an approved outlay of Rs. 11,718.24 crore and includes...
India has amended the Aviation Turbine Fuel (Regulation of Marketing) Order, 2001 to include Aviation Turbine Fuel blended with Sustainable Aviation Fuel under its ambit. The move is...
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is set to launch the upgraded Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) App 2.0 to strengthen monitoring, reporting and coordination under the...
The forest department in Prayagraj has launched a volunteer network called Dolphin Friends to protect the endangered Gangetic dolphin and improve awareness among river-dependent communities. The initiative focuses...
The Union government has incorporated a ₹5,000 crore incentive mechanism for mining sector reforms under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) for FY...
Denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs) remain poorly covered under welfare delivery in several States, with the Union government noting that only seven States are currently issuing DNT...
Dr. Atanu Nath, an Assistant Professor of Physics at Tihu College in Assam’s Nalbari district, received the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. He is part of a...
