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475 stories for “Current” · March 2026
Clear filtersThe Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) has joined hands with the "Coalition of the Willing" to create India's first integrated life-cycle support model for persons with hearing impairment. The...
World Water Day is observed every year on March 22 to raise awareness about the value of freshwater and the need for sustainable water management. The theme for 2026 is "Water and Gender", and the campaign slogan is "Whe...
The Union Ministry of Mines organised the National District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Summit 2026 in New Delhi. The summit focused on improving how DMF funds are utilised for the welfare and development of people and area...
Indian mountaineer Bhupathiraju Anmish Varma has set a world record by completing the Seven Volcanic Summits in 92 days, 4 hours and 45 minutes. The Seven Volcanic Summits are the highest volcanoes on each of the seven c...
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched the 5G Innovation Hackathon 2026 under the 100 5G Use Case Labs Initiative. The hackathon is meant to encourage indigenous innovation and build a stronger telecom e...
The Government of Assam has signed Memorandums of Settlement (MoS) with Kuki militant groups and the Hmar People's Convention-Democratic, with the support of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The pacts aim to end insur...
UN-Water has released the World Water Development Report 2026, titled "Water for All People: Equal Rights and Opportunities". According to the report, 2.1 billion people worldwide still do not have safely managed drinkin...
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has set up an Expert Committee on Invasive Alien Species to tackle the ecological and socio-economic threats these species pose in India. The committee will draw up a national li...
CERN has announced the discovery of a new particle, Xi-cc-plus, at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) through the LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty) experiment. Xi-cc-plus is a heavy baryon made up of two charm quarks and...
The atomic clock on board the IRNSS-1F satellite has failed, affecting NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), India's indigenous regional navigation system developed by ISRO. Atomic clocks are vital for precise po...
The ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), has produced Sahiwal calves through advanced reproductive technology. Scientists applied the OPU-IVF-ET (Ovum Pick-Up, In Vitro F...
India plans to expand its inter-regional transmission capacity from about 120 gigawatts (GW) in 2025 to 143 GW by 2027 and 168 GW by 2032, under the National Electricity Plan (NEP). The aim is a stronger national grid, s...
