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131 stories for “LIC” · March 2026
Clear filtersIndia's metro rail network has become the third largest in the world, with more than 1,143 km of operational lines. It has grown from just 248 km in 2014, and the number of cities with metro services has risen from 5 to...
The Supreme Court has closed the four-decade-old MC Mehta v. Union of India case on air pollution in Delhi-NCR. Filed in 1985 by environmentalist MC Mehta, it became a landmark Public Interest Litigation in Indian enviro...
The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in Srinagar, the largest tulip garden in Asia, has been opened to visitors. Its opening signals the arrival of spring in the Kashmir Valley. The garden lies at the foothills of the...
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has described two new species of lichen moths, Caulocera hollowayi and Asura buxa, from the eastern Himalayas. They were recorded in the Sikkim and West Bengal regions. Lichen moths b...
Protests in Leh and Kargil have pressed for statehood, Sixth Schedule status, a Public Service Commission and greater representation for Ladakh. Ladakh became a Union Territory without a legislature under the Jammu and K...
The Union Ministry of Finance has amended the Minimum Public Shareholding (MPS) rules to boost the Initial Public Offering (IPO) market and simplify listing. The changes, made to the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rul...
Tamil Nadu has brought in a dedicated mental health policy for students in schools and colleges. It focuses on spotting stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns among students at an early stage. The p...
Tamil Nadu has adopted a single-use haemodialysis policy to make dialysis safer for patients in government hospitals. Under it, dialysers will no longer be reused for patients treated in public health facilities. Single-...
National Vaccination Day is observed in India on March 16 to stress the role of immunisation in safeguarding public health. The date recalls the launch of the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme on 16 March 1995, when ora...
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a nationwide darknet drug-trafficking network called 'Team Kalki'. The group had been running since January 2025, using the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to ca...
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has revised the procedure for appointing a State Director General of Police (DGP). States must send proposals to UPSC at least three months before the serving DGP retires, and a...
The Union Minister of Civil Aviation has announced that Tuticorin Airport in Tamil Nadu will henceforth be called Thoothukudi Airport in English. The change drops the anglicised name 'Tuticorin' and brings the airport's...
