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307 stories for “ICA” · August 2026
Clear filtersResearchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have built "E-Eye", an inexpensive and portable optical sensing device. The instrument is designed for quick detection of toxic substances and carcinogenic heavy...
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) disbursed ₹8.22 crore to three research institutions and 33 State Biodiversity Boards and UT Biodiversity Councils, one of the largest single access and benefit-sharing (ABS) rel...
The 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting concluded in Jaipur, Rajasthan, under India's BRICS Chairship 2026. Members finalised the Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership 2030, to be placed before leaders at the forthcomi...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) as a South-East Asia Regional Centre of Excellence in Pharmacovigilance and also as a Technical Centre for Quality of Medicines...
IntroductionParliament cleared the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 during the Monsoon Session on 10 August 2026. One of the most notable aspects of the passage was a clarification from Finance Minister Nir...
IntroductionThe Government of India officially notified 11 international seaports, nine land ports — including the Attari land port on the India-Pakistan border — and two airports as new entry points for e-visa holders....
IntroductionA modern, integrated Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) and joint check-post complex was jointly inaugurated on 10 August 2026 at Walayar on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vij...
The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways conferred the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak on 12 rat-hole miners in New Delhi for their bravery in saving lives.It is the highest category of the Jeevan Raksha Padak, a...
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) released the Research and Development (R&D) Statistics 2025–26. India's Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) reached a record 0.84% of GDP in 2023–24, up from 0.64% in 2020–21, a...
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) under MoEFCC completed the National Catalogue of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), with the final volume published in Zootaxa.India has 13,703 Lepidoptera species in 3,705 genera,...
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has produced India's first fully annotated Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) reference genome, for the pigeonpea variety 'Asha'.The genome spans 752.65 million base pairs acros...
The Himalayan Chandra Telescope at Hanle, Ladakh, has completed 25 years since its First Light on 26 September 2000.Operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) under the Department of Science and Technology, i...
