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12 stories for “Sector” · March 2026
Clear filtersThe Ministry of Textiles has released a report mapping India's textile waste value chain to promote recycling and sustainability. The country produces about 70.73 lakh tonnes of textile waste each year from manufacturing...
Telangana Employees Accountability and Monitoring of Parental Support (TEAMS) Bill, 2026In a pioneering social welfare move, the Telangana Legislative Assembly passed the Parental Support Bill, 2026, in late March 2026....
The India Justice Report has released the Consumer Justice Report 2026, assessing India's consumer dispute redressal system.Pendency is rising, with more than 5 lakh cases pending and many disposals taking longer than th...
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has launched India's first LPG ATM at Gurugram.The facility has been introduced under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.As an automated dispensing point for LPG, it is...
The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited (AIC) has launched the Krishi Sakhi Initiative to strengthen the role of women farmers.The move is in line with the United Nations declaring 2026 the International Year...
Ordnance Factory Day is observed on 18 March to commemorate the beginning of production at India's first ordnance factory at Cossipore, Kolkata, in 1802.In 2021, the Ordnance Factory Board was reorganised into seven Defe...
India is testing Sheshnaag-150, a long-range attack drone designed to operate in swarms. It has been developed by Newspace Research Technologies, a Bengaluru-based firm. Swarming drones work together in groups to strike...
R.M. Nachammai has become the first woman to head a working nuclear power plant in India. She takes charge as Chief Superintendent of Units 3 and 4 of the Kaiga Generating Station in Karnataka from 15 March 2026. As Chie...
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...
Jatinder Mehra, a veteran of India's steel industry, passed away. He had served as Vice Chairman of the Metals and Mining Division of the Essar Group, one of the country's large industrial conglomerates. His long career...
**Overview** On March 1, 2026, a tragic explosion at an explosives manufacturing factory in Maharashtra's Nagpur district resulted in 17 fatalities and 18 injuries, prompting immediate high-level rescue operations and fi...
Overview: On March 1, 2026, a devastating explosion occurred at an explosives manufacturing factory operated by SBL Energy Limited in Raulgaon village of Katol tehsil, Nagpur district, Maharashtra, resulting in the tragi...
