The International Day of the Snow Leopard, marked on 23 October, seeks to build awareness about protecting the snow leopard and its mountain habitats. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared the day through a resolution adopted on 12 December 2024.
A policy guide titled Animals for Biodiversity and Health was released at COP17 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia, to build animal welfare into biodiversity and public health policy. It urges tighter rules on capturing, transporting and trading wildlife, better habitat protection, wildlife corridors and stronger welfare safeguards.
Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have produced diamondiyne, a porous three-dimensional carbon material first proposed in theory roughly 35 years ago. Diamondiyne is an allotrope of carbon that keeps a diamond-like 3D network, but its framework contains both single and triple carbon–carbon bonds.
Indian wrestler Vishvajit Ramchandra More claimed the silver medal in the men's 55 kg Greco-Roman category at the 2026 U23 World Wrestling Championships, held in Las Vegas, United States.
Nucelion Therapeutics and VeGen Bio have agreed to transfer technology for, manufacture and commercialise VL-2511 in India. It is an autologous CAR-T therapy that targets both BCMA (B-cell maturation antigen) and CD19, and is being developed for multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells.
The 33rd edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX)-2026 got under way at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The exercise brings together the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy.
The Union Cabinet cleared the continuation of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) from 2026–27 to 2030–31 with an outlay of ₹53,428 crore and renamed it the Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana. NSAP began on 15 August 1995 to support poor households, in keeping with Article 41 of the Constitution.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the Indian Army's Land Warfare Doctrine 2026 at the Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi. Drawing lessons from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Iran-US conflict and Operation Sindoor, it highlights drones, surveillance, contested communications and information warfare.
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