The launch of NASA’s USD 30 million robotic rescue mission for the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory was postponed from 30 June 2026; the new tentative launch time is...
On 30 June 2026 the Zoological Survey of India released "Animal Discoveries–2025", reporting 709 new faunal additions for 2025. India also added 353 new plant taxa to its...
On 27 June 2026 the DGCA conducted India’s first satellite-based landing approach on a commercial IndiGo Airbus A320 at Udaipur Airport using GAGAN’s LPV procedure. What is GAGAN?...
Kerala and Tamil Nadu show acute fiscal stress despite high social spending. Kerala’s debt exceeds ₹5.07 lakh crore and 52% of its budget is on salaries, pensions and...
Cities face rising climate risks that disproportionately affect sanitation workers. Recent international and sector reports call for integrated action on WASH, occupational health, informal settlement infrastructure, and urban...
Recent policy moves — including US restrictions on access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 and a growing global shift towards state-led AI advantage — have sharpened...
Recent large investments and capacity additions have accelerated India’s role in the global AI revolution. Private capital, a deep AI-skilled workforce, pragmatic regulation and fast-growing non-fossil power together...
Côte d’Ivoire secured USD 50 million from the Green Climate Fund to scale proven CGIAR climate solutions to 147,000 smallholder rice, cassava and yam farmers, while the AfDB...
A strengthening El Niño, now forecast to become strong-to-very-strong, threatens global rice supply by disrupting Asian monsoons, water inflows and planting schedules. Price and input shocks, compounded by...
India is experiencing acute water stress across cities, farms and forests due to monsoon deficits and an intensifying El Niño. Urban rationing in Mumbai and Pune, rising groundwater...
