A new freshwater flowering plant species discovered in Telangana has been named Ammannia telanganensis and described in the international taxonomy journal Phytotaxa.
Samarthak, the first indigenously designed and constructed Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) built by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at its Kattupalli shipyard, was formally delivered to the Indian Navy.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) completed 12 years since its launch by Prime Minister of India in 2014.
Prime Minister of India is embarking on a state visit to Uzbekistan followed by participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
India has strong food production and buffer stocks but must build a climate-resilient, sustainable food-security system to protect agriculture, supply chains and PDS from rising temperatures, erratic monsoons and groundwater depletion.
The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly passed a resolution opposing uranium mining and uranium ore-processing facilities in the State. The resolution reinforces long-standing community opposition to uranium extraction in the South West Khasi Hills.
Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices dropped 10.3% month-on-month to average around RMB 140,000 per tonne, driving down high-capacity Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) energy storage cell costs.
A committee constituted by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) recommended ending reliance on imported Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology by 2030 to protect India’s power grid from supply chain shocks and cyber vulnerabilities.
In Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district, rampant underground and open-cast soapstone mining has triggered severe land subsidence, widening ground fissures and damaging hundreds of homes across vulnerable villages.
India strongly rejected what it termed politically motivated and malicious observations in a press release issued by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) following its 11th periodic review in Geneva.
At UNCCD COP17, a new global drought resilience architecture was launched to shift from reactive crisis response to proactive preparedness, featuring the world’s first Drought Resilience Index (DRI) and Drought Resilience Investment Facility (DRIF).
