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A new global drought resilience architecture was unveiled at UNCCD COP17. It includes the world's first Drought Resilience Index (DRI), which measures a country's ability to anticipate, prepare for and withstand droughts...
A survey has recorded 165 butterfly species, 37 of them endangered, in Dehing Patkai National Park, Assam. The park spreads over 234.26 sq km in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts and is one of the surviving stretches of A...
India aims to set up its own space station by 2035, and ISRO has approved the first module of the proposed Bharatiya Antariksh Station, called BAS-01. The station is planned as a 52-tonne facility in low-Earth orbit at 4...
India received $30.7 billion in gross Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in April-June 2026, the highest in at least 15 years, nearly 46% above the previous quarter and about 15% above April-June 2025. Net FDI for the quart...
Ten days after both Houses were adjourned sine die on August 13 at the end of the Monsoon Session, the Lok Sabha had not yet been prorogued. The gap is usually two to four days, though the two sometimes happen on the sam...
Tamil Nadu has amended its law to safeguard government appointments made over the past 15 years under the Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) quota. The 2010 law reserves 20% of direct recruitment vacancies for candid...
Tamil Nadu announced new industrial parks and worker accommodation in the State Assembly. ₹130 crore will fund housing for over 2,500 workers at the SIPCOT Industrial Park, Gangaikondan. A 2,570-acre clean and renewable...
Tamil Nadu will create the Tamil Nadu Mineral Resources Development Corporation Limited, a new Public Sector Undertaking under the Companies Act, 2013, to handle mining, extraction, quality upgrading, import, value addit...
Kaziah Liz Mejo from Kerala was crowned Miss Universe India 2026 at an event held in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
India observes National Sports Day every year on August 29 to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The theme for 2026 is "Khelega Bharat, Jeetega Bharat."
After a sharp rise in onion prices, the Union government launched Kanda Express to carry onions from Nashik, Maharashtra, to major consumption centres such as Delhi, Chennai, Kochi and Guwahati. Lasalgaon in Nashik is a...
The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution, moved by the Chief Minister in the 60-member House, opposing uranium mining and uranium ore-processing facilities in the State. It cited a 2019 Supreme Court order...
