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The Union Mines Minister said India will start producing rare-earth permanent magnets in 2026. A scheme approved by the Cabinet in November 2025, with an outlay of ₹7,280 crore, targets 6,000 tonnes a year. These magnets...
**Overview** In late February 2026, the Union Health Ministry announced preparations to roll out a comprehensive, free Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program actively targeting 14-year-old girls nationwide, marki...
The 475-year-old Our Lady of Grace Cathedral at Vasai in Maharashtra received the Award of Merit at the 2025 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The award recognises well-executed conservation...
The Maharashtra government under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis withdrew the 5% quota for socially and educationally backward Muslims. It was introduced through an ordinance in July 2014 by the Congress-NCP government...
The government shifted the base year of India's merchandise trade indices from 2012-13 to 2022-23. The revision, carried out by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) on the advice of...
Tamil Nadu's Deputy Chief Minister released in Chennai the fourth volume of a comparative etymological dictionary of Tamil and Indo-European languages. Starting from 19 Tamil root words, this volume traces how related wo...
**Overview** On February 24, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the historic first Union Cabinet meeting at the newly inaugurated Prime Minister's Office, christened 'Seva Teerth'. During the session, the Cabinet...
Overview In 2026, Tamil Nadu significantly expanded its pioneering Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme, marking a major milestone in the state’s commitment to child welfare and education. Initially launched to address clas...
The US Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump's earlier tariffs went beyond presidential powers and struck them down. A temporary 10% ad valorem import duty was then imposed for 150 days from 24 February 2026 under Sectio...
During French President Emmanuel Macron's visit, India and France raised their relationship to a 'Special Global Strategic Partnership', and 21 agreements and documents were exchanged. The two had set up a Strategic Part...
APEDA facilitated the first-ever export of GI-tagged Salem Sago from Tamil Nadu, sending a 0.5 metric tonne consignment to Canada. Around the same time, DPIIT launched 'Bharat GI' to promote India's Geographical Indicati...
At the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, the Prime Minister set out the M.A.N.A.V. vision, a five-pillar framework to guide how AI is built and used in India. The acronym stands for Moral and Ethical Systems, Accounta...
