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15 stories for “HAL” · February 2026
Clear filtersThe 16th edition of Vajra Prahar, a joint special forces exercise between the Indian Army and the US Army, is being held at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh from 23 February to 15 March 2026. The exercise aims to improve inter...
A multilingual Hoysala inscription from the 12th century, during the reign of Narasimha I, was found at the Sri Mahalakshmi Temple in K. Bettahalli village, Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, Karnataka. Carved in nine l...
NITI Aayog released 'Revitalising Apprenticeship Ecosystem: Insights, Challenges, Recommendations and Best Practices', reviewing India's apprenticeship system. It makes 20 action-oriented recommendations with assigned re...
With the Indus Waters Treaty (1960) suspended, Jammu and Kashmir is weighing the diversion of Ravi waters to the Jammu region and the revival of the Tulbul Navigation Barrage, also called the Wullar Barrage, at the outle...
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh both became States on 20 February 1987. Mizoram, a Union Territory from 1972, gained statehood through the 53rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1986, after the Mizoram Accord between the Centr...
The President inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Ol Chiki script in New Delhi. Pandit Raghunath Murmu of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, created the script in 1925 to give the Santhali language its own writing system. It...
The Union Cabinet cleared the Urban Challenge Fund with ₹1 lakh crore of central assistance, aiming to leverage ₹4 lakh crore of total investment over five years. First announced in the 2025-26 Budget, it will run from F...
Ophthalmologist Mohan Rajan is this year's recipient of the Outstanding Service for Prevention of Blindness Award 2026, a recognition that honours a career spanning more than three decades, during which he has worked in...
Senior eye surgeons Dr. Haripriya Aravind and Dr. R. Venkatesh of Puducherry have been chosen for the Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award 2026 in recognition of their work in reducing blindness caused by cataract. The awar...
The 1,856 MW Sawalkote run-of-the-river hydroelectric project on the Chenab in Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir, is being accelerated after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty following the 2025 Pahalgam terror att...
India marked half a century of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, which outlawed bonded labour, wiped out bonded debts and required release of bonded labourers. District Magistrates and Vigilance Committees...
The Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police carried out a joint exercise named 'Agni Pariksha' at Sigar in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. It trained personnel from non-artillery units in artillery proce...
