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274 stories for “Current” · October 2026
Clear filtersOf the 24 Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees, six are getting new chairpersons in a reshuffle in which the Trinamool Congress (TMC) gives up two chair posts. Among BJP MPs, Sudhanshu Trivedi will lead t...
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...
The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The UN General Assembly established the day through a resolution in 200...
The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes for unusual scientific research were presented in Zurich, Switzerland. Started in 1991 by Marc Abrahams as a humorous counterpart to the Nobel Prizes, the awards this year gave the Chemistry Priz...
Wildlife Week is celebrated every year in India to raise awareness about the protection of wildlife and their habitats. The observance was first started in 1952. The theme for 2026 is “Connecting Habitats and Thriving Wi...
