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220 stories for “UN” · January 2026
Clear filtersThe Tamil Nadu Chief Minister announced annual 'Semmozhi Illakiya Virudhu' literary awards for the best works in seven languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali and Marathi - each carrying a Rs 5 lakh...
Ponduru Khadi, a hand-woven cotton fabric from Ponduru village in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh (locally 'Patnulu'), was granted the Geographical Indication tag; it is woven by hand using Hill, Punasa and red cotto...
Odisha will become the first Indian state to launch a comprehensive CKD registry by 31 March 2026, with software developed by the National Informatics Centre, to generate reliable prevalence data for evidence-based polic...
Overview In January 2026, India accelerated its infrastructure development with a strong focus on improving connectivity, logistics efficiency, and urban transformation. The government increased investments in highways,...
As of January 2026, the Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (TNCCM), meticulously executed under the specialized aegis of the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC), has rapidly accelerated its aggressive environmental a...
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched NIRANTAR, a digital dashboard integrating CPCB, SPCBs, FSI and ZSI for real-time monitoring of environmental clearances, forest-fire alerts and wildlife-tra...
India and Germany are celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations in 2026, relations having been established in 1951; the two countries completed 25 years of their Strategic Partnership in 2025.
The 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus Experts Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, co-chaired by India and Malaysia, was held in New Delhi as part of the 2024-2027 cycle, covering information sharing, operational...
India marked the 151st Foundation Day of the IMD on 15 January 2026, deploying 200 Automatic Weather Stations in cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Pune to improve hyper-local weather forecasting; IMD works unde...
The Supreme Court gave a split verdict on Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The section requires prior government approval before police can investigate a public servant over decisions taken in offic...
The RBI notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Guarantees) Regulations, 2026 under FEMA 1999, providing a framework for guarantees involving non-residents and mandating reporting of all guarantee transactions by AD Ca...
MeitY's Digital India BHASHINI Division, with Wadhwani AI, held the BHASHINI Samudaye workshop in New Delhi to strengthen India's Language AI ecosystem under the National Language Translation Mission, launching the Datas...
