The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has extended the special registration drive for Read More …
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Special Registration Drive for Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana Extended
Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025 conferred with Guinness World Record
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship initiative, Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC), has been awarded a Guinness Read More …
Mt Merag-III and Mt Kangju Kangri
A joint expedition team has successfully summited Mt Merag-III (6,480M) and Mt Kangju Kangri (6,710M), Read More …
New banking laws to come into effect from August 1
The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025, came into effect on August 1, 2025, with the Read More …
HOPE: ISRO organizes Space Analog Mission in Tso Kar Valley
To prepare for potential manned space missions to the Moon and Mars, Protoplanet, a Bengaluru-based Read More …
India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI)
NITI Aayog launched the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) on August 4, 2025, a pioneering Read More …
Blue carbon ecosystems
Blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass meadows, and salt marshes are coastal and marine Read More …
India achieved a remarkable milestone of performing over 18,900 organ transplants in 2024
India has achieved a historic milestone in organ transplantation, performing over 18,900 transplants in 2024, Read More …
Kopili River (NW 57) operationalised
In a significant move to revive river-based trade in Assam, the National Waterway-57 (River Kopili) Read More …
Rhisotope Project
The University of the Witwatersrand, with support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has Read More …
District Flood Severity Index (DFSI)
Researchers from IIT Delhi and IIT Gandhinagar have developed a new District Flood Severity Index Read More …
EC increases annual remuneration of booth-level officers to ₹12,000
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a significant increase in the remuneration for Read More …
Arya Samaj Marriages Controversy
The Allahabad High Court has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to investigate the proliferation of Read More …
‘Apna Ghar’ Initiative
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched a new initiative named ‘Apna Ghar’ Read More …
Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA)
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) is a key institutional mechanism established Read More …
INS Himgiri
On July 31, 2025, the Indian Navy received Himgiri (Yard 3022), the third ship of Read More …
Grant in aid to National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)
The Union Cabinet has approved the Central Sector Scheme “Grant in aid to National Cooperative Read More …
Canada will formally recognise Palestine in UN
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will formally recognize Palestine in the United Nations Read More …
Cambodia adapting Assam’s ‘stork army’ model
A successful women-led conservation model from Assam, India, is being adapted for a new community-led Read More …
Darwin’s frog
Chile has launched a new government initiative to save the endangered Darwin’s frog, a tiny Read More …
Sacred Piprahwa relics of Lord Buddha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the historic return of the sacred Piprahwa relics of Read More …
Ratadiya Ri Dher
A Harappan site, believed to be a rural settlement, has been discovered at Ratadiya Ri Read More …
Sustainable Agriculture Day
he Maharashtra government has announced that August 7 will be celebrated annually as “Sustainable Agriculture Read More …
Michele Dougherty becomes 1st woman appointed UK’s Astronomer Royal
Professor Michele Dougherty has been named the Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom, becoming the Read More …
Samras Gram Panchayat scheme
The Gujarat government recently announced that out of 761 “Samras” gram panchayats in the latest Read More …