The PARIVARTAN Scheme
The Union Government’s newly launched PARIVARTAN Scheme has gained rapid traction, registering over 1,300 beneficiaries, onboarding 42 banks/NBFCs, and partnering with 15 auto OEMs across Delhi-NCR.
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The Union Government’s newly launched PARIVARTAN Scheme has gained rapid traction, registering over 1,300 beneficiaries, onboarding 42 banks/NBFCs, and partnering with 15 auto OEMs across Delhi-NCR.
Vice President of India launched ‘Gnani Artha’, an indigenously developed sovereign Artificial Intelligence (AI) stack comprising the Evon 3.3 language model and the Plexus agentic platform.
A NITI Aayog report, Ease of Doing R&D in India, found that nearly 80% of ANRF funding is concentrated in IITs, with overlaps among Central funding agencies.
Researchers have documented the first verifiable photographic record of the rare Spoon-tailed Duskhawker (Gynacantha basiguttata) along the Miao-Vijaynagar Road inside Arunachal Pradesh’s Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve.
Nepal and downstream regions faced fresh flood threats after a barrier lake holding 2–5 million cubic metres of water in Tibet began overflowing and breaching.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies and the US Geological Survey (USGS) to refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America amid escalating trade tensions and tariff disputes with Canada.
India and Canada have reaffirmed their commitment to conclude negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by the end of 2026.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare presented its 176th Report, Affordability and Accessibility of Healthcare Facilities in Public and Private Sector, flagging that the average cost of hospitalization in a private facility (₹50,508) is nearly eight times higher than in a public hospital (₹6,631).
India has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) with the United States to procure the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route under emergency procurement powers.
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.