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Great Indian Bustard Conservation Efforts

As of 15 June 2026 three Great Indian Bustard chicks hatched in Rajasthan under Project Great Indian Bustard; one chick hatched from a wild‑collected egg and two from...

 June 17, 2026

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Unit 5

NPCIL installed the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) inside the reactor building of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Unit 5 around 15–16 June 2026, announced on 16 June 2026. Key...

 June 17, 2026

NCR Regional Plan 2041 and Namo Cities

On 16 June 2026 the National Capital Region Planning Board cleared the NCR Regional Plan 2041 for the 55,083 sq km NCR, proposing four new greenfield "Namo Cities"...

 June 17, 2026

Hamataliwa mawlyngot New Lynx Spider Meghalaya Discovery

A new lynx spider species, Hamataliwa mawlyngot, was described from Mawlyngot village, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya in June 2026. Discovery & publication First record in Meghalaya: Marks the...

 June 17, 2026

Single-cell RNA Mapping of Crohn’s Disease Inflammation

On 15 June 2026, a Nature Genetics study led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Open Targets mapped over 1.1 million gut...

 June 17, 2026

Indocolea New Bryophyte Genus Discovery Kerala

Kerala researchers described a new bryophyte genus, Indocolea, with the species Indocolea devendrae; the discovery was published in the Journal of Bryology on 15 June 2026. Discovery and...

 June 17, 2026

San Andreas Fault System Critical Stress Study

A 3 June 2026 study in Journal of of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa finds parts of Southern California's San...

 June 17, 2026

India Japan Joint Crediting Mechanism Rules

India and Japan adopted the Rules of Implementation for the Joint Crediting Mechanism on 8 June 2026, establishing a bilateral framework under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement....

 June 17, 2026

GI Tag for Tripura Sarinda

On 16 June 2026 Tripura's traditional stringed instrument Sarinda received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Tripura now has four GI‑tagged products. About the Sarinda Description: Traditional stringed musical...

 June 17, 2026

BHASHINI GeM Partnership for Multilingual Public Procurement

On 15 June 2026 the Digital India BHASHINI Division and Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed an MoU to integrate multilingual AI capabilities across India’s public procurement ecosystem under "BHASHINI...

 June 17, 2026

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