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South Coast Railway Zone to Begin Operations from Visakhapatnam
The South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR) will begin operations on 1 June 2026 with headquarters at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It will become the 18th railway zone of...
Hazaribag Site Reveals 3,200-Year-Old Settlement
The archaeological site in Hazaribag district of Jharkhand has yielded evidence of a layered settlement in the Mohane river basin in Chauparan block. The site includes villages such...
Mahey Tokpo-Raldho Canal Inaugurated in Ladakh’s Changthang
The 2.10 km Mahey Tokpo-Raldho irrigation canal was inaugurated on 14 May 2026 in the Changthang region of Ladakh. The canal lies in the Nyoma area at an...
Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve Gets Buffer Area Control
The Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Maharashtra’s Gondia district will assume control over its notified buffer area from April 1, marking a significant step in strengthening wildlife conservation...
Nalanda Temple Stampede Kills Nine Devotees in Bihar
At least nine people have lost their lives in a stampede at the Sheetla Mata Temple in Bihar’s Nalanda district on March 31, 2026. The incident occurred during...
ASI Begins Excavation at Historic Balirajgarh Site Bihar
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has recently initiated fresh excavation work at the historically significant Balirajgarh site in Bihar’s Madhubani district. The move aims to uncover deeper...
Tiny 1 cm Fossil Discovery in Gobi Desert Stuns Scientists
A remarkable palaeontological discovery in the Gobi Desert has revealed an exceptionally well-preserved fossil measuring just one centimetre in length. Found in the Ukhaa Tolgod region, the specimen...
Earthquake Hits South Shetland Islands Near Antarctica
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake recently struck the remote South Shetland Islands near Antarctica, as reported by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The seismic event highlights the...
Kalinjar Hill Declared National Geo-Heritage Site
The hill region surrounding Kalinjar Fort in Banda district, Uttar Pradesh, has been officially designated as a National Geo-Heritage Site by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) on...
Jag Laadki Tanker Reaches Mundra Amid West Asia Tensions
An Indian-flagged crude oil tanker, Jag Laadki, has successfully docked at Mundra Port in Gujarat, strengthening India’s energy supply amid rising tensions in West Asia. The vessel carried...
Neanderthal ‘Factory’ Discovery Rewrites Human Evolution
Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of a highly organised Neanderthal activity site dating back nearly 125,000 years in present-day Germany. The discovery at Neumark-Nord near Leipzig suggests that...
