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The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister launched the expanded Vettri Payanam scheme on 2 October 2026 at Koyambedu, Chennai, extending fare-free bus travel for women and transgender persons. It builds on the Magalir Vidiyal Payana...
The Bihar State Legal Services Authority (BLSA) will establish the country's first Victim Rights Centre in Patna as a pilot project. The centre will act as a single point of entry for victims of crime, helping them acces...
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has signed MoUs with 21 States and Union Territories and launched the Challenge Mode Portal for Aerodrome Development under the modified UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. Through the po...
Microsoft has launched its India South Central data centre region in Telangana. The new facility is the company's fourth cloud region in the country, expanding its infrastructure for hosting and delivering cloud computin...
At a side event of the UN General Assembly in New York, India reaffirmed its commitment to eliminate Hepatitis B and C as public health threats by 2030. India is strengthening prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment...
A pilot de-addiction and rehabilitation programme named PAYANAM has been launched at Central Prison-II, Puzhal, Chennai. PAYANAM stands for Positive Awareness Yielding Against Narcotics Addiction Movement. It will help d...
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 11th Ayurveda Day was observed on 23 September 2026 to promote awareness of Ayurveda's role in health and wellness. The 2026 theme is "Ayurveda for a Healthier Tomorrow". First observed in 2016, the day was earlier h...
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) will use Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, satellite remote sensing and ocean modelling to track marine litter hotspots. The pilot started in Vi...
GIFT City rose nine places to rank 37th globally in the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) 40, released in September 2026, while Mumbai moved up three places to 49th. GIFT City was the only Indian centre among the top...
The seventh Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 took place in Mumbai with the theme "Potential to Impact: Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI), Tokenisation, Quantum". The three focus technologies were Agentic AI, Tokenisatio...
India's installed data-centre capacity stood at 1.57 GW as of August 2026, up from about 375 MW in 2020, driven by cloud computing, AI and digital services, and is projected to approach 8 GW by 2030. Around USD 70 billio...
