Nauru launched the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program (ECRCP) on 1 January 2025 as a citizenship-by-investment scheme linked to climate adaptation finance. The programme offers Nauruan...
Tamil Nadu allocated ₹44,527 crore to the School Education Department in its maiden budget for the financial year 2026-27. Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson presented the budget on...
Saxifraga candelabrum, an alpine flowering plant native to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Hengduan Mountains of China, has been confirmed as carnivorous in a study published in Nature...
The Supreme Court of India on 4 August 2026 directed a 10-kilometre mining buffer zone around all wetland conservation reserves in India. The order extended the buffer first...
Operation Trishul is an Indian fugitive-tracking and extradition initiative linked to the return of 274 fugitives from 36 countries since 2019. The fugitives were wanted in cases involving...
The Ministry of Coal auctioned six coal blocks on 4 August 2026 under the 15th round and a supplementary phase of the 13th round of commercial coal mine...
The Supreme Court of India on 4 August 2026 directed an extension of the mandatory third-party insurance period for new private cars and two-wheelers. The order was passed...
The United States Defence Department announced framework agreements on 3 August 2026 with Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to expand production of Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area...
China unveiled Xianglong, a self-developed boring and blasting machine, in Wuhan on 2 August 2026. The machine has a diameter of 4.5 metres and was developed jointly by...
The Himalayan Serow, scientifically known as Capricornis thar, was video-recorded in the Dalhousie catchment forests of Himachal Pradesh on 4 August 2026 after a gap of two decades....
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) announced India’s first indigenous African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccine for pigs on 4 August 2026. The vaccine was developed at the...
The Rajya Sabha passed the Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2026 on 6 August 2026 and returned it to complete the parliamentary process for a Money Bill. The Bill...
