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NITI Aayog and UNICEF India have signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to improve nutrition and health outcomes in Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks. The partnership concentrates on maternal and child nutrition...
The Government of India has unveiled Pragati and Vikas as the mascots of Census 2027 to raise public awareness and encourage participation. Pragati represents a female enumerator and Vikas a male enumerator, together sym...
The Election Commission of India held a national roundtable conference with State Election Commissioners at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. It was the first such meeting in 27 years, the previous one having been held in 19...
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has nominated 15 members to the Committee of Privileges, to be chaired by Ravi Shankar Prasad. The committee had not been formed for nearly two years in the 18th Lok Sabha. It is a standing com...
Meenambal Sivaraj, born on 12 December 1904 in Rangoon, Burma, was a leading voice for Scheduled Caste rights and women's empowerment. Her father, V.G. Vasudeva Pillai, became the first SC member of the Madras Legislativ...
Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy has been nominated by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha.If elected, she could become India's first openly LGBTQ+ Member of Parliament.Guruswamy i...
Indian Navy warships deployed under Operation Sankalp have been kept on standby for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations as tensions rise in West Asia.Operation Sankalp is a maritime security mis...
The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has handed back to India a 16th-century bronze idol of Saint Thirumankai Alvar.The idol originally belonged to the Shri Soundararaja Perumal Temple at Thadikombu in Tamil...
National Safety Day was observed on 4 March 2026 to promote workplace safety and accident prevention across India.The day is organised by the National Safety Council, founded on 4 March 1966.It was first celebrated in 19...
The Prime Minister launched a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination drive for girls aged 14, using the Gardasil-4 vaccine.HPV infection is the main cause of cervical cancer, and vaccinating girls before expos...
The Union Government has decided to pause rice fortification under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) following an IIT Kharagpur study.The study found micronutrients in fortified rice degrade over time...
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced "Legacy Thrust Territories" to stop Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) from resurfacing after major gains against Naxalism.These are districts once hit by Naxal violence that will...
