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24 stories for “water” · February 2026
Clear filtersThe Indian Navy is set to commission INS Anjadip at Chennai Port. It is the third vessel under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) programme. Nicknamed a 'Dolphin Hunter', the ship is designed to det...
South Korea lodged a diplomatic protest after Japan held its Takeshima Day event on 22 February 2026 in Shimane Prefecture. The disputed islets, Takeshima to Japan and Dokdo to South Korea, lie in the Sea of Japan (East...
Saundala village in Maharashtra passed a Gram Sabha resolution on 5 February 2026 declaring itself caste-free. Adopting the motto 'Aamchi jaat... manav' (My caste is humanity), the village guarantees equal access for all...
The Ministry of Home Affairs released PRAHAAR, India's first national anti-terrorism policy. It identifies threats across water, land, air and cyberspace, including cross-border terrorism, global outfits such as Al-Qaeda...
Overview In February 2026, the 25th edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) was held in New Delhi, hosted by TERI. This landmark event served as a global platform to discuss climate resilience, focusin...
With the Indus Waters Treaty (1960) suspended, Jammu and Kashmir is weighing the diversion of Ravi waters to the Jammu region and the revival of the Tulbul Navigation Barrage, also called the Wullar Barrage, at the outle...
Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, was the venue for the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly. At the session, Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye was chosen as Chairperson of the AU for 2026, succe...
A mud volcano erupted at Diglipur in the Andaman Islands. Also called sedimentary or gas-oil volcanoes, mud volcanoes are mounds formed when mud, water and gases burst out from below the surface, usually in oil-field or...
The Indian Navy has assumed command of Combined Task Force-154, a multinational training force under the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), for the first time. The handover ceremony took place at CMF headquarters in Manama,...
Approval has been granted by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for a twin-tube tunnel under the Brahmaputra River in Assam that will carry both road and rail traffic. It will be the first underwater tunnel of thi...
Overview In February 2026, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced the addition of three new wetlands in Tamil Nadu to the list of Ramsar sites. This recognition highlights the state's succ...
A 2026 census in Odisha recorded 765 dolphins in the State's marine and estuarine waters, its best tally in the past five years. Chilika Lake was home to 159 Irrawaddy dolphins, making it the single area with the densest...
