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50 stories for “Indian” · January 2026
Clear filtersA National Environmental Standard Laboratory (NESL) has opened at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi. It will test, calibrate and certify air-pollution monitoring instruments for Indian weather conditions and...
Kerala has introduced the Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, for private-sector employees. It would let them ignore work calls, emails, messages and online meetings after working hours without facing any penalty or discipli...
Karnataka recorded its first sighting of the Sandalwood Leopard, a rare pale reddish-pink colour morph of the Indian leopard, in Vijayanagara district. It is only the second recorded sighting in India, the earlier one be...
At the release of the Indian Pharmacopoeia 2026, the 10th edition, the government said India now ranks 8th in the world for contributions to WHO drug-safety monitoring (pharmacovigilance), up from 123rd ten years ago. Th...
Under Mission Mausam, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology has built India's own automatic weather stations using 3D printing. The stations run on solar power and send live readings of temperature, wind, humidity...
The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) began charging for the carbon emitted in making imported steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, chemicals, paper, glass and power-related goods. Indian steel...
In January 2026, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) continued to advance its space capabilities through key mission developments and technological progress. The organisation focused on deploying advanced Earth...
Indian Railways completed the last high-speed trial of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train on the Kota-Nagda section, where it touched 180 km/h. Until now, Vande Bharat trains have been chair-car only. The sleeper version is...
The Centre launched the Market Access Support (MAS) intervention to help Indian exporters reach foreign markets. It sits under the NIRYAT DISHA sub-scheme of the Export Promotion Mission and mainly targets MSMEs and firs...
Kaamya Karthikeyan, an 18-year-old mountaineer from Mumbai, skied to the South Pole. She is the youngest Indian to do so and the second-youngest woman in the world. Kaamya is already known for climbing the highest peaks...
An exposition of the Piprahwa relics, believed to be linked to the remains of Lord Buddha, was held in Delhi. William Claxton Peppé found them in 1898 at Piprahwa in Uttar Pradesh, and most were placed in the Indian Muse...
Two Indian chess players, Koneru Humpy in the women's section and Arjun Erigaisi in the open section, each won a bronze medal at the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar. FIDE (Fédération Internationa...
