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According to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2026, issued by Welthungerhilfe (WHH), Helvetas and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), the world's hunger score has worsened to 18.1 from 17...
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...
Trinidad and Tobago is set to become the first country in the Caribbean to adopt India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI). UPI already operates in 11 foreign countries: Bhutan, Nepal, Singapore, UAE, France, Sri Lanka, M...
World Rhino Day is observed on September 22 to raise awareness about protecting the five surviving rhino species: White, Black, Greater One-horned, Javan and Sumatran. Only about 27,000 rhinos remain in the wild, compare...
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...
Assam had 3,260 greater one-horned rhinoceroses as of September 2026, around 80% of the species' global population. Kaziranga National Park, with more than 2,600 rhinos, is its largest stronghold. The state recorded zero...
NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) has tied up with Uzbekistan's National Interbank Processing Centre (NIPC) to enable Unified Payments Interface (UPI) merchant payments in that country. Uzbekistan is now the 11t...
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched in 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), completed 10 years on 25 August 2026. Annual transactions grew from 1.78 crore in FY 2016-17 to more than 24,16...
A new Himalayan flowering plant has been named Impatiens nimspurjai in honour of Nepali mountaineer Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja. First spotted in 2011 in Nepal's western Myagdi district, it was formally described after more t...
IntroductionTo galvanize high-altitude wetland conservation and celebrate its iconic avian state symbol, the Union Territory of Ladakh on 18 August 2026 inaugurated the first-ever Black-Necked Crane Festival across the p...
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...
