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The women's 4×400m relay team has delivered India's first gold medal in athletics at the 2026 Asian Games. The race took place at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, the host region of th...
The Tamil Nadu Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Corporation (TNUAVC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zuppa Geo Navigation Technologies. Through this agreement, the two organisations will jointly design...
India's network of quantum-secure communication has now passed the 1,000 km mark. With this, the country has already covered more than half of the target set for the eight-year National Quantum Mission, and it has done s...
Gujarat has reorganised the Porbandar Forest Division to improve forest management and build Barda, in the Saurashtra region, into a second habitat for Asiatic lions beyond the Gir landscape. The step follows the natural...
The Jawahar Dweep Marine Oil Terminal in Mumbai, also known as Butcher Island, has been declared India's first plastic-free oil terminal. The recognition highlights efforts to eliminate plastic use in port operations and...
Mandar, a traditional folk percussion instrument of Jharkhand, has been granted a Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai. The instrument has a cylindrical body made of red cl...
For the first time, captive-bred Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chicks are to be released into the wild at Desert National Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The GIB (Ardeotis nigriceps) is Critically Endangered on the IUCN list an...
As of 1 October 2026, India has exported the Akash Air Defence System to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Akash is an indigenous short- to medium-range surface-to-air missile system developed by the DRDO and manufactured by...
India's first Female Farmer Worker Conference took place in New Delhi to honour women's role in agriculture and rural livelihoods. It was organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) during the UN International Year of t...
The International Day of Older Persons is observed on 1 October to draw attention to ageing and to the rights and well-being of older people. The UN General Assembly first marked the day in 1990. People aged 60 or above...
Bodhana Sivanandan, aged 11, has become the youngest-ever Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in chess history. She secured her third and final WGM norm at the 2026 Women's Chess Olympiad held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. A player must...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revised India's 2026–27 growth projection upward to 7.1%, from 6.3% estimated in June 2026. It credited strong domestic demand and government policies...
