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Clear filtersThe International Day of the Tropics is observed on June 29 to highlight the importance of tropical regions. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) established the observance in 2016. The tropics lie between the Trop...
World Allergy Week 2026 was observed from June 21 to 27. The week is marked to build awareness about allergic diseases and about how they can be prevented, diagnosed and managed. The theme chosen for 2026 is "Allergy Car...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Women's Forum 2026 took place in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. Member countries of the SCO, a grouping of which India is a member, used the forum to discuss wome...
Nasha Mukt Bharat Saptah 2026, a drug-free India week, was observed nationwide from 17 to 26 June 2026 under the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. It was held as part of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, wh...
The Government has proposed seven new high-speed rail (bullet train) corridors to widen India's high-speed network. The proposed routes are Mumbai–Pune, Pune–Hyderabad, Hyderabad–Bengaluru, Hyderabad–Chennai, Bengaluru–C...
Thirty-five countries, India among them, signed the Joint Statement on AI (Artificial Intelligence) Opportunity at the 2nd Pax Silica Summit in Washington, D.C., USA. The statement backs AI governance that encourages inn...
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated India's first commercial sea shipment of Banganapalle mangoes, sending a 5-metric-tonne consignment to Singapore. Banganapalle...
India successfully tested Garudastra during trials held in Madhya Pradesh. It is the country's heaviest indigenously built 120-mm mortar system mounted on a vehicle. The system has been developed by Nibe Limited, a priva...
Four products from Madhya Pradesh have been granted Geographical Indication (GI) tags. They are the Indori Malwi Potato of Indore; Garadu, a tuber, and Balam Kakdi, a cucumber, both from Ratlam; and the fruit of the icon...
The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs announced the Haj Policy 2027 on 22 June 2026. Applications for the pilgrimage have been opened through the portal of the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) and through the Haj Suvidha A...
The Hemis Festival 2026 got under way at the Hemis Monastery in Leh, Ladakh. The festival is held every year on the 10th day of Tse-Chu, a month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. It commemorates the birth anniversary of Gur...
The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs inaugurated the restored Muzhiyan Kulam, a historic pond in Pooranankuppam, Puducherry.The 2-acre pond is about 400 years old and is believed to date back to the Pallav...
