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Writer Jeyamohan has announced a new literary honour, the Living Tamil Award for World Literature. It carries a prize of ₹1 crore (about $100,000), placing it among the largest literary awards in India. The award will ho...
India is setting up what is described as the world's first Autonomous Maritime Shipbuilding and Systems Centre in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh. The facility will develop unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and autonomous...
India was among the co-sponsors of a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Iranian attacks on Gulf countries and Jordan. The 15-member Council adopted it with 13 votes in favour, while China and Russia ab...
The International Day of Women Judges is observed every year on 10 March to promote the equal participation of women in the judiciary and to increase their presence in courts and in judicial leadership positions. No Smok...
Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won a majority in the country's 2026 general elections. Its leader, Balendra Shah, is set to become the next Prime Minister of Nepal. The outcome marks a significant political s...
President Droupadi Murmu addressed the 9th International Santal Conference in Darjeeling, West Bengal. The conference was organised by the International Santal Council and focuses on preserving the culture, language and...
India won the ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup 2026, beating New Zealand in the final at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In other sports news, the first edition of the Khelo India Tribal Games will be held in Chhattisgarh from 26 Mar...
Raisina Dialogue 2026 was held in New Delhi. The conference was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). This edition carried the theme "Samskara: As...
UN Women has released a report titled "Ensuring and Strengthening Access to Justice for All Women and Girls". It finds that women around the world enjoy only 64% of the legal rights that men have, and that no country has...
A United States submarine torpedoed the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka rescued its sailors under the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979. Adopte...
**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 dep...
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 Im...
