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232 stories for “UN” · October 2026
Clear filtersWorld Rivers Day falls on the fourth Sunday of September each year, and in 2026 that date was 27 September. The observance is meant to encourage the conservation of rivers and the protection of freshwater ecosystems that...
The women's 4×400m relay team has delivered India's first gold medal in athletics at the 2026 Asian Games. The race took place at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, the host region of th...
For the first time in Asian Games history, India has taken gold in the team recurve archery event for women. The medal came at the 2026 Asian Games, being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Until now Indian women had never sto...
The Tamil Nadu Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Corporation (TNUAVC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zuppa Geo Navigation Technologies. Through this agreement, the two organisations will jointly design...
India's network of quantum-secure communication has now passed the 1,000 km mark. With this, the country has already covered more than half of the target set for the eight-year National Quantum Mission, and it has done s...
West Bengal began its first tiger reintroduction project after a three-year-old Royal Bengal tigress was shifted from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar and released into Buxa Tiger Reserve in Alipurduar district. The transl...
Gujarat has reorganised the Porbandar Forest Division to improve forest management and build Barda, in the Saurashtra region, into a second habitat for Asiatic lions beyond the Gir landscape. The step follows the natural...
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh is heading India's parliamentary team at the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), under way in Arusha, Tanzania. The Assembly's theme is “Enhancing good governance...
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) marked its centenary on 1 October 2026. The first Public Service Commission was set up on 1 October 1926 with Sir Ross Barker as Chairman. Under the Government of India Act, 193...
PM-DHARA (PM-Developing Harmonized and Accelerated Renewable-energy Access) has received the Union Cabinet's nod to strengthen transmission networks within States. By FY 2032–33 it aims to enable the evacuation of as muc...
According to WHO's Global Health Estimates, India's life expectancy at birth was 71 years in 2023, above Pakistan (68.2) but below Bangladesh (72.7). It had dropped from 70.5 years in 2019 to 68.1 in 2021 before recoveri...
The Union government has sanctioned five Centres of Excellence for the classical languages Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit. They will support research and help preserve, document and digitise literary herita...
