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The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh has launched the Gaudham Yojana, under which about 1,460 shelters will be set up across the State for stray and abandoned cattle. The scheme seeks to ensure their protection, housing, f...
Protests in Leh and Kargil have pressed for statehood, Sixth Schedule status, a Public Service Commission and greater representation for Ladakh. Ladakh became a Union Territory without a legislature under the Jammu and K...
The Sahitya Akademi has announced its awards for outstanding literary works in 24 Indian languages, covering poetry, novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and criticism. In Tamil, Sa. Tamilselvan won for Thamiz Sirukath...
National Vaccination Day is observed in India on March 16 to stress the role of immunisation in safeguarding public health. The date recalls the launch of the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme on 16 March 1995, when ora...
The 98th Academy Awards (Oscars 2026) were presented in Los Angeles, United States. The Best Picture award went to One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for his role...
A medieval Telugu inscription connected with the Gajapathi dynasty has been found at the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. It is linked to Purushottama Deva, a 15th-century ruler of the Gajapathi...
The Prime Minister has inaugurated the Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Project in Assam. It is a 120-megawatt run-of-river hydropower project located across the West Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts. Run-of-river scheme...
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a nationwide darknet drug-trafficking network called 'Team Kalki'. The group had been running since January 2025, using the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to ca...
Yashwant Gupta has been honoured with the MP Birla Memorial Award in recognition of his contributions to radio astronomy. Radio astronomy studies celestial objects by detecting the radio waves they emit, and India has a...
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has revised the procedure for appointing a State Director General of Police (DGP). States must send proposals to UPSC at least three months before the serving DGP retires, and a...
Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026), the influential German philosopher and sociologist, has died aged 96. A leading 20th-century social theorist and a member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, he championed deliberativ...
India and New Zealand plan to deepen sports cooperation as 2026 marks a century of sporting relations between them. The ties date back to 1926, when an Indian Army hockey team toured New Zealand. A high-level meeting in...
