Odia poet, essayist and former CSIR-IMMT scientist Dr. Ashutosh Parida has been selected for the 47th Sarala Puraskar for his poetry collection Bishwas De Pruthwi. The award ceremony...
Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration issued a statewide order on 20 August 2026 banning the sale of loose or unpackaged edible oil and fats. The order applies across...
India hosted the 12th BRICS Communications Ministers Meeting in Pune on 21 August 2026 under its BRICS Chairship theme, “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”. The meeting...
High-energy cosmic phenomena are the universe’s most violent events, producing X-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos and gravitational waves. They reveal extreme conditions that cannot be reproduced in...
Food labelling and traceability are key tools for consumer safety, transparent choice, and supply chain accountability in India. FSSAI regulates these requirements under the Food Safety and Standards...
India and Mauritius signed a Government-to-Government Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the oil and gas sector in Port Louis, Mauritius, on 20 August 2026. The agreement was...
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope launched on 20 November 2004 to study gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy cosmic events. NASA later approved a...
The Cameroon-flagged general cargo vessel M/V LUTUF was seized by armed pirates on 17 August 2026 off Marraya in Somalia’s Puntland region. Six Indian nationals are among the...
MC²+ Ignite is a sector-specific accelerator programme for deep-tech startups in India’s energy sector. MC²+, a brand of MC² Foundation, launched the programme on 19 August 2026 at...
The Himachal Pradesh Forest Department and the Bharti Institute of Public Policy at the Indian School of Business signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding in Shimla on 20...
Former Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S. Somanath was appointed as a part-time, non-official director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India on 20 August...
The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under the Ministry of Jal Shakti organised a national workshop in New Delhi on 20 August 2026 for capacity-building under Jal...
