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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...
At the 9th Conclave of Chiefs held in Visakhapatnam, India assumed the chairmanship of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) from Thailand for a two-year term. India returns to the post after a gap of 16 years. The Ind...
Mumbai will host the Earthshot Prize 2026, founded by Prince William, during Mumbai Climate Week, the first time the event comes to the city. Every year the prize gives £1 million each to five innovators with solutions i...
India is hosting the first United Nations Fellowship Training Programme on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Control for the Asia-Pacific region at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. It is the first time such a programme is bei...
18 February 2026 marked 80 years since the Royal Indian Navy Revolt of 1946, a five-day uprising from 18 to 23 February by Indian naval ratings against British rule. Triggered by poor food, low pay and racial discriminat...
**Overview** On February 24, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the historic first Union Cabinet meeting at the newly inaugurated Prime Minister's Office, christened 'Seva Teerth'. During the session, the Cabinet...
Cricketer Smriti Mandhana won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025 award at a ceremony in New Delhi. Chess player Divya Deshmukh was named Emerging Player of the Year for winning the FIDE Women's World Cup, and Pr...
Kerala became the first State to classify tidal flooding, also called sunny-day or king-tide flooding, as a State-specific disaster, enabling relief from the State Disaster Response Fund. Such flooding occurs when high t...
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...
Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh saw the inauguration of MILAN's 13th edition, the multilateral naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy. Held every two years, MILAN gathers navies of friendly nations to build maritime co...
At the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, the Prime Minister set out the M.A.N.A.V. vision, a five-pillar framework to guide how AI is built and used in India. The acronym stands for Moral and Ethical Systems, Accounta...
Overview The 2026 edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) concluded in February with a spectacular closing ceremony. Featuring thousands of athletes from over 200 universities, the games successfully identifie...
