**Overview** The Indian Navy's Sail Training Ship, INS Tarangini, visited Trincomalee and Colombo in Sri Lanka from February 27 to March 9, 2026. Conducted under the 'Bridges of Friendship' diplomatic initiative, the deployment focused on providing ocean-sailing training for Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) personnel.
India observed the 50th Civil Accounts Day on 1 March 2026, marking the Foundation Day of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS). - ICAS was created in 1976 under the Ministry of Finance when the audit and accounting functions of the Union Government were separated.
Fragments of a 12th-century temple-style stone pillar from the Yadava era have been unearthed near the banks of the Vena River at Hinganghat town in Wardha district, Maharashtra, roughly 70 km from Nagpur. - Researchers attribute it to the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty of the 12th–13th centuries.
The Kerala Assembly has sent the Kerala Nativity Card Bill to its Subject Committee on Land Revenue and Devaswom for examination. - The Bill seeks to give statutory backing to the nativity card, an authoritative identity proof for Keralites. - The card, carrying a photograph for permanent identification, will replace the existing nativity certificate.
A new study warns that climate change could drastically reduce the area suitable for the Nilgiris Wood Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) in the Western Ghats by the end of this century. - The bird is endemic to the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot and lives in high-altitude evergreen forests, the "sky islands" of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Scientists have identified QT45, a self-copying RNA molecule, adding weight to the idea that RNA may have been the first genetic material on Earth. - QT45 is just 45 nucleotides long and can replicate itself under special conditions, using three-nucleotide building blocks. - Its copying is very slow when compared with the machinery of modern cells.
The President of India launched four women-focused welfare schemes of the Delhi Government in New Delhi. - Pink National Common Mobility Card: aims to give women safer, cashless access to public transport. - Free LPG cylinders: ration-card-holding families will get two free cylinders every year, during Holi and Diwali.
The Union Health Minister launched an indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI) in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. - The Td vaccine protects against two bacterial diseases, tetanus and diphtheria, and is meant for adolescents and adults.
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