The Union Cabinet has cleared the Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) for the period 2024-25 to 2028-29 with a total budget of ₹6,839 crore. The scheme will develop villages located along India's International Land Borders, leaving out the northern border, which is already covered by the first phase (VVP-I).
Rare Disease Day falls on 28 February each year, or on 29 February in a leap year. It aims to build awareness about rare diseases and about access to their diagnosis and treatment; the 2026 theme is "More Than You Can Imagine".
India has handed over a high-speed ferry to the Maldives, the island nation's first such vessel. The ferry will be used to start new transport services linking key atolls, namely Faafu and Dhaalu.
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has introduced a new aluminium alloy ingot of the IA91 grade. NALCO is a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise, a status given to large public sector companies that allows them greater financial and operational autonomy.
Waaree Energies has announced that it will build India's largest integrated lithium-ion battery gigafactory at Rambilli in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh. A gigafactory is a very large manufacturing plant that produces batteries at scale.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has carried out a successful test of the drogue parachute developed for Gaganyaan, India's human spaceflight programme. A drogue parachute is a small parachute deployed to slow down and stabilise a descending module before its main parachutes open.
World Wildlife Day is observed on March 3 to raise awareness about conserving wild animals and plants. It was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, and the date marks the signing of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973.
Eminent sociologist T.K. Oommen passed away on 26 February 2026 in Gurugram at the age of 88. He was Professor Emeritus at JNU's Centre for the Study of Social Systems and a leading architect of modern Indian sociology, known for work on social justice, identity, pluralism, social movements and political sociology. His PhD was on Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement.
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