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The International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies was observed on 7 September 2026 to build awareness and encourage action for better air quality. The theme for 2026 is "Clean Air, Healthy Choices: Acting…
1 / 10Himalaya Diwas, observed on September 9, draws attention to the Himalayan ecosystem and the need to conserve it. It was first declared in Uttarakhand in 2015 to promote conservation, sustainable development and community participation. The…
2 / 10Four Indian cultural heritage sites have been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, raising India's total to 73. They are the Rangpur-Sivasagar Historic Ensemble in Assam, the Colonial Penal Settlement in the Andaman…
3 / 10Five young orangutans were rescued from a casuarina plantation in the Udayapur-Talsari forest area of Balasore district in Odisha. Orangutans are not native to India; they occur naturally only in the forests of Indonesia and…
4 / 10India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the men's doubles title at the China Masters badminton tournament held in China. In the final, the Indian pair defeated the Chinese duo of He Jiting and Ren…
5 / 10India collected 15 medals - four gold, three silver and eight bronze - at the World Archery Para Series Stage III held in Ahmedabad. Sheetal Devi won the women's compound gold, while Toman Kumar and…
6 / 10Vinaya Prakash Singh, a senior Indian Postal Service (IPoS) officer, has been re-elected without opposition as Secretary-General of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU) for a second four-year term covering 2027-2030. The APPU is an intergovernmental…
7 / 10Tripura achieved a zero per cent dropout rate in Classes 1 to 5 during the 2025-26 academic year, according to UDISE+ (Unified District Information System for Education Plus) data. The State's primary dropout rate has…
8 / 10The Indian Patent Office has granted a patent to DRDO and the University of Hyderabad for BAM-H24, a solid rocket propellant. BAM-H24 is an energetic compound rich in boron, hydrogen and nitrogen, meant for use…
9 / 10The 79th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia (RC79) in Dili, Timor-Leste, adopted the Dili Declaration on Human Resources for Health: Equity in Specialized Care. It targets shortages and uneven distribution of…
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