Divya Arul from Puducherry reached the summit of Mount Elbrus in Russia. At 5,642 metres, Elbrus is the highest peak in Europe and one of the Seven Summits, the tallest mountains on each continent. The climb is a notable mountaineering achievement for a climber from the Puducherry Union Territory, a neighbour of Tamil Nadu.
The Centre notified the area around the Parvati-Arga Bird Sanctuary in Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh, as an Eco-Sensitive Zone under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The sanctuary covers about 1,084 hectares and hosts resident birds as well as winter migrants from Central Asia and Tibet.
National Test House (NTH), under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, signed an agreement with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). NTH will be an empanelled laboratory that tests construction materials for national highway projects at its regional labs, including the one in Chennai.
Two Indian chess players, Koneru Humpy in the women's section and Arjun Erigaisi in the open section, each won a bronze medal at the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar. FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) is the world governing body of chess.
The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry said India registered more than 5.5 lakh domestic trademarks in 2024-25, the most in any single year. Online filing, faster examination and lower pendency helped. Pharmaceutical, veterinary and healthcare businesses filed the most. Trademarks in India are governed by the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and a registration lasts 10 years, renewable without limit.
The Ministry of Jal Shakti released the Dynamic Groundwater Resource Assessment Report 2025. Annual recharge is about 448.52 billion cubic metres (BCM) and extraction about 247.22 BCM, so the stage of extraction is 60.63%. Of 6,746 assessment units, 73.4% are safe, 10.5% semi-critical, 3.05% critical and 11.1% over-exploited.
The Delhi government is working with IIT Kanpur on an Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS). The system will bring several public grievance portals onto one dashboard and use artificial intelligence and machine learning to sort and track complaints. It is meant to speed up resolution and make government departments more accountable.
DRDO carried out the first flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket, LRGR-120, at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha. The guided version extends the reach of the indigenous Pinaka multi-barrel rocket system, which is already in Army service.
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