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World Social Work Day 2026 was observed on March 17. The day promotes unity, social inclusion, cooperation and shared responsibility, and recognises the role social workers play in supporting communities, tackling challe...
The International Day of Action for Rivers is observed on March 14 to underline the importance of conserving rivers for clean water, biodiversity and human survival. It was adopted in 1997 at an international meeting hel...
A total of 9,111 women and girls performed the traditional Lezim dance together in Dombivli, Maharashtra, setting a Guinness World Record. The performance was part of the International Women's Day 2026 celebrations. The...
Mayank Chakraborty, a 17-year-old International Master from Guwahati, Assam, has become India's 94th chess Grandmaster. With this achievement he is also the first Grandmaster from Northeast India. His success highlights...
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has described two new species of lichen moths, Caulocera hollowayi and Asura buxa, from the eastern Himalayas. They were recorded in the Sikkim and West Bengal regions. Lichen moths b...
The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh has launched the Gaudham Yojana, under which about 1,460 shelters will be set up across the State for stray and abandoned cattle. The scheme seeks to ensure their protection, housing, f...
The Union Ministry of Finance has amended the Minimum Public Shareholding (MPS) rules to boost the Initial Public Offering (IPO) market and simplify listing. The changes, made to the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rul...
Writer Jeyamohan has announced a new literary honour, the Living Tamil Award for World Literature. It carries a prize of ₹1 crore (about $100,000), placing it among the largest literary awards in India. The award will ho...
The Sahitya Akademi has announced its awards for outstanding literary works in 24 Indian languages, covering poetry, novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and criticism. In Tamil, Sa. Tamilselvan won for Thamiz Sirukath...
Tamil Nadu has adopted a single-use haemodialysis policy to make dialysis safer for patients in government hospitals. Under it, dialysers will no longer be reused for patients treated in public health facilities. Single-...
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a nationwide darknet drug-trafficking network called 'Team Kalki'. The group had been running since January 2025, using the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to ca...
Yashwant Gupta has been honoured with the MP Birla Memorial Award in recognition of his contributions to radio astronomy. Radio astronomy studies celestial objects by detecting the radio waves they emit, and India has a...
