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Clear filtersTo 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...
A 17-member expedition team of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully climbed Mount Mukut, a peak that rises to 7,045 metres. The mountain is located in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, close to the border betwee...
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) studied the disaster exposure of telecom towers in Assam, Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. In Tamil Nadu, 57% of the 48,416 towers are located in zon...
On 12 October 2026, President Droupadi Murmu announced Governors for six States. Rajendra Arlekar was named Governor of Tamil Nadu, Sudha Yadav of Karnataka, Om Prakash Mathur of Keralam, Braj Mohan Ram of Odisha, Dhal S...
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are conducting Mountain Guardian 2026, the third edition of their joint military exercise. The venue for this round is Chaubatia, located in the State of Uttarakhand in India. Mou...
Under the ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society) initiative, Uttarakhand has been named India's sixth fully literate state in 2026. A State or Union Territory earns this tag when functional literac...
West Bengal wants to change its name to "Paschim Banga", and a Bill for this is expected in the State Assembly. Under Article 3 of the Constitution, renaming an existing state is Parliament's power, and the Bill may be i...
Uttarakhand has started installing its first Glacial Lake Early-Warning System at Vasundhara Tal in Chamoli district to guard against Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs). The system will track water level, weather, snow...
National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is observed on 1 October to promote regular, voluntary and unpaid blood donation. Around 75% of blood collected in India comes from voluntary donors. A Nationwide Mega Voluntary Bloo...
The 18th edition of Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT, the annual bilateral military exercise between India and Mongolia, has begun at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. Held every year, the exercise allows troops of both countries to...
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports named four winners of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024. Baljeet Kaur (Himachal Pradesh) won the Land Adventure award as the first Indian to climb five 8,000-metre...
A healthy female calf of the Badri breed was successfully born in Uttarakhand using Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Fertilization (OPU-IVF) technology. Badri cattle are an indigenous breed adapted to the mountainous terrain of...
