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338 stories for “UN” · February 2026
Clear filtersA pair of peacocks was seen at roughly 6,000 feet near Manali in Himachal Pradesh, an unusually high altitude for the bird. The Indian or Blue Peacock (Pavo cristatus), India's National Bird, belongs to the pheasant fami...
Trade between India and China reached a historic USD 155.6 billion in 2025, growing by around 12% over the year. Indian exports to China rose by 9.7% during 2025. Separately, the Union Government signed an agreement with...
India has issued its first national evidence-based guidelines for lung cancer, titled 'Lung Cancer Treatment and Palliation: Evidence-Based Guidelines'. The document sets out 15 recommendations spanning diagnosis, treatm...
India has become part of the BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies (BCIC), which aims to build manufacturing skills and industrial cooperation among BRICS members. The initiative is carried out with the United Nations...
The Union Government published the first national dataset on waste-pickers under the NAMASTE (National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem) scheme. Urban Local Bodies in 35 States and Union Territories have profil...
A faunal survey in Kerala's Karimpuzha Wildlife Sanctuary recorded 171 bird, 177 butterfly and 42 odonate species, many of them new to the sanctuary. Its total species count now stands at 247 birds, 223 butterflies and 6...
An annual report by Square Circle Clinic of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, found the Supreme Court has upheld no death sentence in three years and acquitted 10 death-row prisoners in 2025, the most in a decade. Ses...
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) missile technology. SFDR is a propulsion system meant for long-range air-to-air missiles. In the test...
After heavy snowfall in January 2026, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) reopened the road and carried out a rescue operation at Chatergala Pass in Jammu and Kashmir. The pass lies at about 10,500 feet. The work was don...
Andhra Pradesh signed an MoU with FICCI-FLO to build an industrial park only for women-led industries, startups and MSMEs, on 30 acres of land. FICCI-FLO will offer mentoring, training and business support to the units....
The Supreme Court stayed an interim order of the Madras High Court on the appointment of Vice-Chancellors to Tamil Nadu State universities. The High Court had earlier suspended an amended provision that let the State gov...
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is set to inaugurate Ranipet district's first car manufacturing unit at the SIPCOT industrial complex in Panapakkam. It will be the first facility in India to make luxury Jaguar Land Rover (...
