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Odisha Records Highest Violent Crime Rate

Odisha recorded the highest rate of violent crimes in India in 2024, with 161.6 victims per lakh population, as per the Crime in India-2024 data released by the...

May 8, 2026

NASA Tests Plasma Engine for Mars Travel

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster on 24 February 2026. The prototype reached 120 kilowatts of power, which is the highest-power...

May 8, 2026

Supreme Court Links FGM to POCSO Act

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is under examination before a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India in a Public Interest Litigation filed against the practice, which...

May 8, 2026

India Discusses BrahMos Missile Sale to Vietnam

India and Vietnam discussed the sale of the BrahMos missile system during the state visit of Vietnamese President To Lam to India from 5 May to 7 May...

May 8, 2026

India and UAE Review Strategic Partnership

India and the United Arab Emirates reviewed the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s official visit to Abu Dhabi on 7 May 2026. The visit...

May 8, 2026

Bengaluru Records Highest Cybercrime Cases

Bengaluru registered 17,561 cybercrime cases in 2024, the highest among metropolitan cities in India, as per the National Crime Records Bureau’s Crime in India 2024 data. The city...

May 7, 2026

DRDO Plans Aircraft Integration Complex in Puttaparthi

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) plan to establish an Aircraft Integration and Flight Testing Complex in Puttaparthi in Sri Sathya...

May 7, 2026

Paraquat Ban Advances in US States

Paraquat is a broad-spectrum herbicide used in the United States and restricted to certified applicators under federal rules. It has been banned in more than 70 countries, including...

May 7, 2026

JANANI Digital Platform Launched for Maternal Health

JANANI is a digital healthcare platform launched by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 7 May 2026 in New Delhi. The acronym JANANI stands for...

May 7, 2026

Plastic Waste Converted into Hydrogen Fuel Using Sunlight

Plastic waste conversion into hydrogen fuel uses solar-driven photoreforming, a process in which light-sensitive photocatalysts break down polymers at low temperatures to produce hydrogen and industrial chemicals. Research...

May 7, 2026

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