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India's solar observatory Aditya-L1 has produced Doppler velocity images of the Sun's corona with its Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC). These images let scientists follow how solar plasma moves and work out which...
Between April and August 2026, ASEAN was the regional market where India's exports grew fastest, rising 56%, largely on the back of petroleum products. Petroleum product shipments to the bloc grew 2.4 times to more than...
The WWF-India EIACP Programme Centre started its countrywide Green Diwali Campaign on 20 October 2026; it will continue till 8 November 2026. Backed by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC...
President Droupadi Murmu has issued the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDC) (Amendment) Regulation, 2026, clearing the path for hill council polls in all eight districts of Ladakh, including the newly for...
A young European bee-eater, scientifically named Merops apiaster, has been sighted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This is the first time the bird has been documented in the city. The European bee-eater is placed in the family M...
On 20 October 2026, the Tamil Nadu government approved the Vetri 150 scheme to give extra work to vulnerable rural families. Under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), eligib...
Mérida in Mexico has been rated the friendliest city on the planet in the Friendliest Cities Index 2026, a ranking commissioned by travel platform Fernwayer, with a score of 95 out of 100. Second and third places went to...
India's first scientific trial on curbing leopard breeding through immunocontraception has started in the Junnar forest division of Pune district, Maharashtra, where two vaccinated female leopards were released into the...
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has got under way in Yerevan, Armenia. The meeting will take stock of global efforts to implement the Kunming–Montreal Global Bio...
To 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...
KAUMARACON-2026, the third International Conference on Kaumarabhritya, was opened by the Vice-President. The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) hosted the event under the theme "Shaping the Future of Child Health: Gl...
The Sub-Commission for the Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO), which functions under UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), has elected Dr. T. M. Balakrishnan Nair as its Chair. Dr. Nair heads the Indian Nationa...
