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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...
World Osteoporosis Day is marked every year on October 20. The day seeks to build public awareness about osteoporosis, the value of detecting the condition early, and the importance of keeping bones healthy. The theme ch...
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...
NASA has picked Bengaluru-born astronomer Dr. Ramya Anche as Principal Investigator for PUFFINS, a space telescope mission worth $20 million. The acronym PUFFINS expands to Polarimetry in the Ultraviolet to Find Features...
IG Defence is building JWALA-MK1, an indigenously designed short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM). The missile is based on a hard-kill approach, meaning it is meant to physically destroy hostile drones. The company has...
