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106 stories for “ART” · January 2026
Clear filtersThe United States invited India and Australia to the G7 finance ministers' meeting on critical minerals in Washington in January 2026. The talks focus on secure supply chains for minerals used in defence, electronics and...
India's External Affairs Minister took part in India's first-ever engagement with the Weimar Triangle - a regional political grouping of France, Germany and Poland formed on 29 August 1991 by a joint declaration in Weima...
Puri in Odisha is now India's first city where tap water meets Bureau of Indian Standards quality norms and can be drunk directly, without boiling or filtering. About 3 lakh residents get it round the clock. The achievem...
The Union Women and Child Development Minister launched PANKHUDI, a single digital portal for the ministry's work on nutrition, health, early childhood care and education, child welfare and women's safety. It is meant to...
Tamil Nadu released the State Indicator Framework (SIF) 2.0 to track SDG progress to 2030, reducing indicators from 314 to 244 across 17 SDGs, monitored by 28 State departments. The State's multidimensional poverty rate...
In January 2026, India accelerated its renewable energy expansion as part of its long-term climate and sustainability goals. The government focused on increasing solar and wind energy capacity to reduce dependence on fos...
India launched the Raisina Science Diplomacy Initiative (RSDI) 2026 to strengthen the interface between science, technology and diplomacy, integrating science diplomacy into the Raisina Dialogue. It focuses on governance...
The Tamil Nadu government launched the 'Namma Arasu' WhatsApp chatbot at UmagineTN 2026 to deliver government services via WhatsApp (number +91 7845252525). It offers 51 services across multiple departments, including ce...
In January 2026, the Government of India accelerated the implementation of the India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 to strengthen domestic chip manufacturing and reduce dependency on imports. The initiative focuses on establi...
Chennai hosted UmagineTN 2026, the fourth edition of Tamil Nadu's global technology and innovation summit. Start-ups, investors, innovators and officials discussed artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum technology,...
Tamil Nadu unveiled India's first dedicated Deep Tech Startup Policy - the Tamil Nadu Deep Tech Startup Policy 2025-2026 (TNDTSP) - at UmagineTN 2026 in Chennai. The iTNT Hub is the nodal implementing agency. The policy...
Ecologist Madhav Gadgil has died. He was born in 1942. He wrote the concept plan for the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India's first biosphere reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme, and founded the Centre f...
