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The Kerala Assembly has sent the Kerala Nativity Card Bill to its Subject Committee on Land Revenue and Devaswom for examination.The Bill seeks to give statutory backing to the nativity card, an authoritative identity pr...
**Overview** On March 1, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 350th Shaheedi Samagam (Martyrdom Year) of the ninth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. He honored the Guru as 'Hin...
**Overview** The National Arogya Fair 2026 was organized by the Ministry of Ayush in collaboration with the All India Ayurvedic Congress from February 25 to 28, 2026, in Shegaon, Maharashtra. Inaugurated by President Dro...
Exercise Vajra Ghaat was staged by the Indian Army at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Rajasthan to demonstrate how combat-ready the K9 Vajra self-propelled artillery gun is in desert conditions. The K9 Vajra is an Indi...
The Maharashtra government under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis withdrew the 5% quota for socially and educationally backward Muslims. It was introduced through an ordinance in July 2014 by the Congress-NCP government...
A Private Member Bill seeking a Right to Recall for elected representatives was discussed in Parliament as a way to improve democratic accountability. The right lets voters remove a representative before the term ends. M...
The Karnataka Cabinet cleared the use of ballot papers and ballot boxes instead of Electronic Voting Machines for the panchayat polls due in February 2026. To give this legal backing, the government plans to bring the Ka...
India's 16th Census will run in two phases: Houselisting and Housing Census from April to September 2026, and Population Enumeration in February 2027 (September 2027 in snow-bound areas of Ladakh, J&K, Himachal Pradesh a...
World Leprosy Day falls on the last Sunday of January (25 January in 2026), while India marks it on 30 January, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The day promotes early detection and full treatment of leprosy and...
Kerala named Bacillus subtilis its State Microbe, the first Indian state to choose one. It also opened its Centre of Excellence in Microbiome to the public. Bacillus subtilis is a helpful bacterium found in soil, ferment...
On 23 January 2026, Odisha banned gutkha, pan masala and all tobacco and nicotine products in any form. The ban covers making, selling, storing, transporting and distributing them, packed or loose, under any brand name,...
In January 2026, the state-of-the-art Porunai Museum located in Tirunelveli rapidly cemented its formidable reputation as a highly premier central hub for intimately documenting, researching, and flawlessly preserving th...
