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Indian Railways has launched its 100th Vande Bharat trainset, marking a major milestone for the country's indigenous semi-high-speed train programme. This trainset was manufactured at the Modern Coach Factory and is fitt...
Ishank Singh, aged just seven, has become the youngest person to swim across the Palk Strait. The strait separates Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka and links the Bay of Bengal with the Gulf of Mannar. Crossing it is considered...
Lumira_E40I50: Indigenizing Surveillance TechnologyHyderabad-based deep-tech startup Eon Space Labs has unveiled Lumira_E40I50, India’s first germanium-free thermal imaging payload for drones. Traditional thermal cameras...
Waste-to-Wealth: India's Green Methanol InnovationIndia is establishing its first green methanol production plant at the Deendayal Port in Kandla, Gujarat. In a unique ecological-industrial convergence, the plant uses Pr...
South Coast Railway Zone: New Administrative FrameworkIn a major administrative overhaul, the Union Government officially notified the South Coast Railway (SCoR) zone in May 2026. Headquartered in Visakhapatnam, the new...
Two Indian women conservationists have won the Whitley Awards 2026, popularly called the 'Green Oscars'. Parveen Shaikh was recognised for community-based efforts to protect the endangered Indian skimmer, a waterbird. Ba...
Joram Aniya and R. Balasubramaniam have been appointed as full-time members of NITI Aayog. Joram Aniya is the first person from Arunachal Pradesh, and from the entire Northeast region, to hold this post. With these two a...
Social activist Medha Patkar and Tamil writer Perumal Murugan have been chosen for the Sukumar Azhikode Birth Centenary National Award 2026. The award is presented by the Sukumar Azhikode Trust to recognise outstanding c...
Sikkim is commemorating 50 years of its integration with India, which took place on 16 May 1975. The Himalayan kingdom was ruled by the Chogyal monarchy from 1642 until 1975. Under the Indo-Sikkim Treaty of 1950 it had b...
Vikram-1, India's first privately developed orbital rocket, has been flagged off. It was built by Skyroot Aerospace, a startup based in Hyderabad. Vikram-1 is a three-stage launch vehicle made of carbon composite, fitted...
India hosted an Asia-Pacific Forum on advancing geospatial systems for sustainable development. Geospatial systems combine tools such as GIS, GPS, remote sensing, drones and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), and are u...
The fourth edition of IN-SLN DIVEX 2026, a bilateral diving exercise between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), was conducted in Colombo. Such exercises allow naval divers of both countries to practise jo...
