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162 stories for “India” · January 2026
Clear filtersEcologist 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...
In January 2026, the Government of India introduced new measures to strengthen irrigation infrastructure as part of its broader agricultural development strategy. The initiative focuses on improving water management syst...
In January 2026, the state-of-the-art Porunai Museum located in Tirunelveli rapidly cemented its formidable reputation as a highly premier central hub for intimately documenting, researching, and flawlessly preserving th...
A 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...
Lucknow is set to get India's first urban night safari at the Kukrail Forest Area on the city's northern outskirts. Inspired by the Singapore model, it will offer controlled nocturnal wildlife viewing within city limits...
Telangana now has India's first commercial rainbow trout farm in a tropical climate. The Smart Green Aquaculture Farm and Research Institute is at Kandukur mandal in Ranga Reddy district. Rainbow trout normally grows onl...
IIT Madras has set up the IITM Global Research Foundation to widen its international work in research, teaching, innovation and start-ups. The institute wants to grow into a multinational university with a presence beyon...
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) launched 'Land Stack', a first-of-its-kind national digital land governance initiative - an integrated GIS-based digital platform for land and property records - on a pilot basis...
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...
MoSPI will run India's first national survey of adult skills in 2026, at the request of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. It will use the Comprehensive Modular Survey framework and cover people aged...
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...
