The President of India has authorised Vigilance Commissioner A.S. Rajeev to function as the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), following the end of Praveen Kumar Srivastava's tenure. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) issued the notification.
Indian physicist Deepak Dhar has been named a joint recipient of the 2026 Dirac Medal, among the most prestigious honours in theoretical physics. The medal was instituted in 1985 by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy.
Ladakh will start the second phase of Census 2027 on 17 August 2026 and will be among the first regions to record caste details. The schedule is expected to carry about 40 questions, including an open-ended column where respondents state their caste, which will be recorded as declared.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma launched Mission Clouded Leopard to safeguard the State animal, the mainland clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). It differs from the Sunda clouded leopard of Borneo and Sumatra. The species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Global sea surface temperatures outside the polar regions set a new record in July 2026. The average between 60°N and 60°S reached 20.96°C, beating the earlier July high of 20.89°C recorded in 2023. Rapidly strengthening El Niño conditions in the equatorial Pacific contributed to the warmth.
Indian scientists observed an abnormally thick ozone layer at 21–23 km altitude over the North Bay of Bengal, with concentrations far above normal for eastern India and persisting for over 24 hours. Researchers from ARIES (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences), Nainital, and other institutions studied it under Phase-I of the NetRAD-ASMA campaign, using 206.5 MHz Stratosphere–Troposphere (ST) radars, weather…
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has started India's first programme in which fishermen themselves remove invasive fish and restock native species, at the Ujani Reservoir in Maharashtra. The drive targets the invasive suckermouth catfish, Tilapia and African catfish, which have harmed native fish diversity and hurt the livelihoods of local fishing communities.
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi announced that the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana has reached more than 50 lakh beneficiary households. Launched in 2024 as a central sector scheme under MNRE, it supports rooftop solar installations with subsidies of up to ₹78,000 and offers up to 300 units of free electricity per month.
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