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111 stories for “ITI” · January 2026
Clear filtersThe Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Greater Noida opened India's first AI clinic in a government hospital. The Additional Director General of Health Services inaugurated it online. The clinic is run by...
From 1 February 2026, the Centre replaced the GST Compensation Cess on tobacco and pan masala with two new levies. Tobacco products will carry an Additional Excise Duty, and pan masala will carry a Health and National Se...
India and Pakistan exchanged lists of their nuclear installations on 1 January 2026 under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities (signed 31 Dec 1988, in force 27 Jan 1991...
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...
Surat in Gujarat is close to becoming India's first fully slum-free city. The Surat Municipal Corporation rebuilt slum areas in place with permanent housing, mainly through the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, and moved thous...
A new Tamil edition of From Volga to Ganga by scholar Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963) has been published. It is the seventh Tamil translation of the book. Theatre practitioner and teacher A. Mangai translated it, and Seer...
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...
Madurai is set to become a twin city of Camberley, a town in the United Kingdom. Twinning is a long-term partnership between cities in different countries. This one covers education and research, culture and heritage, to...
The Reserve Bank of India published its Trend and Progress of Banking in India report. It says bad loans of banks (gross NPAs) fell to a 13-year low of 2.7% in March 2024 and then to 2.5% by September 2024. Return on ass...
The Centre notified the area around the Parvati-Arga Bird Sanctuary in Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh, as an Eco-Sensitive Zone under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The sanctuary covers about 1,084 hectares and h...
