The Supreme Court of India ordered an interim ban on construction and development within 100 metres of the edge of Rajasthan’s Jojari River. The bench also barred hazardous...
Singapore has launched a biological data centre prototype at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Life Sciences. The system uses living human neurons grown from stem cells...
Assam is in the final stage of selecting a private-sector partner for AssamSAT, a proposed Earth observation satellite system. The project is being developed under the DBLOTT framework,...
Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture made mainly of methane. It is formed over millions of years from organic matter and is widely used as...
India has approved the first module of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS), a proposed Indian space station planned for completion by 2035. The station is designed as a...
Indian Oil Corporation Limited and the State Trading Corporation of Mauritius signed a five-year sales and purchase agreement on 20 August 2026 in Port Louis. Under the agreement,...
The Union government launched the Kanda Express on 24 August 2026 to transport onions from Nashik in Maharashtra to major consuming centres such as Delhi, Chennai, Kochi and...
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) registered 16 new indigenous livestock and dog breeds in 2026. The registration was completed through the ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic...
The Ministry of Finance notified amendments to the Insurance Ombudsman Rules, 2017, on 2 March 2021. The rules relate to the redressal of policyholder complaints in the insurance...
On 22 August 2026, the Government of India appointed Syed Akbaruddin, Annie George Mathew and Janmejaya Kumar Sinha as part-time, non-official directors on the Central Board of the...
1. Which institute has developed India’s first digital soil texture map? [A] ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP)[B] Indian Institute of Soil Science (IISS)[C]...
Pakistan’s enactment of the Defence Forces of Pakistan Act, 2026, and amendments to the National Command Authority Act, 2010, on August 20, 2026, signal a major overhaul of...
