Bay of Bengal Countries Launch Fisheries Research Network
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives launched the Bay of Bengal Network of Ocean Researchers for Fisheries (BOB-NOR) in Kochi on November 5, 2026. The Bay of...
Asteroid 2026 QQ8 Becomes Earth’s Temporary Mini-Moon
Asteroid 2026 QQ8 became a temporary mini-moon after entering Earth’s orbit in late April 2026. Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky first spotted it on 20 August; the Minor Planet...
Antarctic Ozone Hole Ranks Seventh Largest on Record
The 2026 Antarctic ozone hole was the seventh largest in 48 years of monitoring by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the agencies said on...
New Six-Foot Flowering Plant Found in Assam, Meghalaya
Researchers have described Disporum kamakhasiense, a new flowering plant found in forests of Assam and Meghalaya. The findings were published on 4 and 5 November 2026 in the...
Gujarat Completes 497 AMRUT 2.0 Projects
As of 5 November 2026, Gujarat had completed 497 projects worth ₹4,832 crore under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0. Launched by the Union...
US Sanctions on India-Linked Networks and Iran’s Shadow Oil Trade
Iran’s oil and aviation sectors remain subject to extensive U.S. restrictions. A recent sanctions action targeted an India-linked maritime network and a Turkish ground-services company over alleged assistance...
Filipino Engineer Wins 2026 James Dyson Sustainability Award
Filipino structural engineer Aldrei Ong won the 2026 James Dyson Global Sustainability Award on November 4 for Sentinel, a low-cost sensor designed to detect hidden damage in concrete...
Nirmala Lakshman’s Book Wins Sharjah Award
Nirmala Lakshman’s book, The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community, won the Sharjah Award for Best International Non-Fiction Book on 4 November 2026. Award and presentation Sheikha Bodour...
India and Canada Hold Inaugural Defence Dialogue
India and Canada held their inaugural Defence Dialogue virtually on 3 November 2026. Dr Amit Telang, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation) in India’s Ministry of Defence, and Scott Millar,...
India Proposes Immediate Suspension of Drug Manufacturing Licences
India’s Union Health Ministry proposed amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945, to allow immediate suspension of pharmaceutical manufacturing licences when medicines fail specified quality tests. The draft was...
JNCASR Develops Silicon Chip for Terahertz 6G Communication
On 4 November 2026, researchers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) developed a silicon chip that lets terahertz waves pass through engineered barriers with...
