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To fight hidden hunger, India has developed Kufri Jamunia, a biofortified, purple-coloured potato variety. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) bred it and released it...
Researchers from the University of Kerala have pinpointed places on Earth whose geology and chemistry resemble conditions on Mars — in Tamil Nadu and in Chile. They found melanterite at Neyveli and gypsum in the Tiruchir...
Iceland is looking to partner with India on geothermal power and on CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage), notably through its Carbfix technology. Carbfix turns captured carbon dioxide (CO₂) into rock through pe...
World Egg Day is marked every year on the second Friday of October, and in 2026 it fell on 9 October. The day is used to spread awareness about the nutritional value of eggs, which are an affordable source of high-qualit...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has published the Strategy for Environmental-Economic Accounts in India 2026–2030. It seeks to strengthen natural resource accounting, close data gaps and b...
India has endorsed the consensus outcomes of the G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial adopted in Houston. They cover household energy access, faster infrastructure approvals, water reuse and critical-mineral supply chains. L...
Telangana's Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has launched a gold and copper exploration programme at Lingadahalli village in Devadurga taluk, Raichur district, Karnataka, marking SCCL's first entry into gold a...
India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, with its chairship built on four pillars: Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. The New Delhi Declaration covers cooperation in global development, peace...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) clarified the revised GDP estimates for Q1 of 2026-27. A negative 1.5% manufacturing GVA deflator does not mean factory prices fell; under double deflation,...
Tamil Nadu will create the Tamil Nadu Mineral Resources Development Corporation Limited, a new Public Sector Undertaking under the Companies Act, 2013, to handle mining, extraction, quality upgrading, import, value addit...
The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution, moved by the Chief Minister in the 60-member House, opposing uranium mining and uranium ore-processing facilities in the State. It cited a 2019 Supreme Court order...
India and Japan held talks in New Delhi on deepening cooperation in critical mineral supply chains and e-waste recycling. The focus was on resource circulation to secure critical mineral supplies and lower reliance on sc...
