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28 stories for “HAL” · January 2026
Clear filtersPrime Minister Narendra Modi wrote an article, 'Somnath: 1,000 years of unbroken faith', marking a thousand years since Mahmud of Ghazni attacked the Somnath Temple in 1026 CE. The temple is at Prabhas Patan near Veraval...
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) recommended environmental clearance for the 1,200 MW Kalai-II hydropower project on the Lohit River in Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh. The Environmental Impact Assessment, prepared...
In Samiullah vs State of Bihar, the Supreme Court struck down Bihar's 2019 registration rules, which required proof of mutation before a property document could be registered. The Court said registering a document is dif...
Dong village in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district held the state's first New Year Sunrise Festival in 2026, on the theme 'First to Rise, First to Celebrate'. Dong is India's easternmost village and the first place in th...
Tamil Nadu's 2025 northeast monsoon (October-December) brought about 43 cm of rain against a normal of roughly 44 cm. That is slightly below normal and ends a six-year run of normal or surplus rainfall since 2019. Chenna...
Celebrations for 100 years of the Ol Chiki script were held in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Ol Chiki is used to write Santhali, a language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, and its creator, Pandit Raghunath Mu...
OverviewDoctors at the Army Hospital (R&R) in Delhi successfully performed the country’s first 3D Flex Aqueous Angiography with iStent. This breakthrough represents a major advancement in minimally invasive glaucoma surg...
OverviewIndia celebrated the silver jubilee (25 years) of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas’s first flight. The aircraft originally took to the skies on January 1, 2004, marking a historic achievement in India's indi...
Overview Begum Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and a towering figure in South Asian politics, has passed away. As the first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Zia's political legacy spans decades of le...
OverviewA concerning outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has prompted health authorities in Australia to issue urgent public health alerts. This severe form of pneumonia poses significant risks to vulnerable populations an...
Overview China has unveiled the YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile, also known as Eagle Strike-20, marking a significant advancement in naval warfare capabilities. The missile was successfully launched from a Type 055 la...
Overview The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Rakesh Agarwal, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, as the Interim Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). This...
