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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in 14 States and 3 Union Territories, fixing 1 January 2027 as the qualifying date. The exercise restarts yearly en...
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) marked its centenary on 1 October 2026. The first Public Service Commission was set up on 1 October 1926 with Sir Ross Barker as Chairman. Under the Government of India Act, 193...
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) completed 85 years in 2026; its Foundation Day falls on 26 September. CSIR was set up on 26 September 1942 as an autonomous body for scientific and industrial rese...
The fifth edition of Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar was held from 12 to 19 September 2026, with coastal clean-up drives at 231 locations across 13 States and Union Territories. About 15 lakh people took the Ocean Conservat...
The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute's 2026 report states that India's Electoral Democracy Index has fallen to its lowest since 1975. V-Dem assesses democracy using indicators on elections, institutions, rights a...
CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) is using SARAL AI, an initiative of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), to convert research papers into short videos with...
Karnataka has made September 15 an official Engineers' Day event and permitted engineers to use the prefix "Er." before their names. The date marks the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya, who was born...
Sir Thomas Munro's visit to Ootacamund (Ooty) on 29 September 1826 led to the creation of the British Raj's first hill station in the Nilgiris. Munro, Governor of the Madras Presidency from 1820 to 1827, came at the invi...
CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI), Chennai, has created a leather-like material using coffee husk waste. India produces about 3.5 lakh tonnes of coffee a year, leaving around 1 lakh tonnes of husk. The...
The Department of Consumer Affairs has notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026. Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30) becomes the compulsory time reference for legal, administrative, commercial and offi...
IIT Madras has successfully tested India's first indigenous 5 kN air-breathing Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) fitted with an aerospike nozzle, achieving a stable 5 kN thrust through sustained pressure-gain combustion....
World Mosquito Day, observed on 20 August, raises awareness of mosquito-borne diseases and their prevention. It marks Sir Ronald Ross's discovery in 1897 that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria parasites to hum...
