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New Delhi hosted the first-ever Home Ministers' Meeting of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), which ended with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration 2026. The groupi...
New Delhi was the venue for the 11th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC), hosted by India. Talks centred on joint action against cross-border crimes such as...
According to WHO's Global Health Estimates, India's life expectancy at birth was 71 years in 2023, above Pakistan (68.2) but below Bangladesh (72.7). It had dropped from 70.5 years in 2019 to 68.1 in 2021 before recoveri...
The second edition of Tarang Shakti, the Indian Air Force's multinational air exercise, is under way in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Eight countries are participating with their air assets: Australia, Bangladesh, France, Germany,...
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, referred to as Arnab, crossed the coast near Kalingapatnam, between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur, and later weakened into a depression over Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh. Locat...
The Third BIMSTEC Conference on Traditional Medicine Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights has begun in Goa, organised by the Ministry of Ayush with the All-India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has authorised District Collectors in eight States/UTs to handle pending applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, West Bengal, Assam and...
IntroductionIn response to persistent missile and drone strikes on commercial merchant vessels along vital Middle Eastern chokepoints, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 18 August 2026 officially operationalised the Multinat...
IntroductionIn a major trade and tourism facilitation initiative to streamline inbound international travel, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 17 August 2026 officially notified 11 additional International Ports of E...
IntroductionIn a crucial national security intervention to protect sensitive frontiers from foreign electronic surveillance and infrastructure sabotage, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 16 August 2026 issued compreh...
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma launched Mission Clouded Leopard to safeguard the State animal, the mainland clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). It differs from the Sunda clouded leopard of Borneo and Sumatra....
IntroductionPreparations for India's 79th Independence Day celebrations on 15 August 2026 are in full swing across the nation, with the Tamil Nadu government announcing a highlight: the hoisting of India's largest nation...
