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The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty falls on 17 October each year. First marked on 17 October 1987, it was formally recognised by the UN General Assembly through a 1992 resolution. Its aims are to elimin...
World Standards Day falls every year on 14 October. It draws attention to the role international standards play in keeping people safe, smoothing global trade and supporting sustainable development. Standards give manufa...
Joint Squad for Health (JOSH) Teams were rolled out under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan by the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister in New Delhi on 8 October 2026. Young people will help end tuberculosis (TB) via early...
WHO and UNICEF released the report "Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools 2015–2025" under the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for WASH. In 2025, 429 million school-age children worldwide lacked...
The latest National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) ranking places IIT Madras first, followed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI)...
UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) released the Gender Snapshot 2026 report. It finds that one in three institutional mechanisms for gender equality saw their power reduced in the las...
The United Nations has designated November 27 as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. The date matters for India because the 'Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat' campaign was launched on Nove...
IntroductionShowcasing phenomenal transformation in rural public infrastructure and women-led economic empowerment, the Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Jal Shakti on 18 August 2026 announced that the Jal Je...
IntroductionIn a notable shift in national educational performance rankings, Punjab overtook Kerala to secure the Rank 1 position among all states and union territories in the prestigious NITI Aayog School Education Qual...
IntroductionInternational Youth Day 2026 was commemorated globally on 12 August to celebrate the potential of youth as partners in peace, digital transformation, and sustainable development. The official United Nations t...
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 Ministry of Education's PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme offers collateral-free and guarantor-free education loans to students admitted on merit to Quality Higher Education Institutions, those in the NIRF top 100 across categori...
