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NATPOLREX-X 2025: India’s Flagship Marine Pollution Response Exercise

NATPOLREX-X 2025: India’s Flagship Marine Pollution Response Exercise

Explore NATPOLREX-X, India’s flagship marine pollution response exercise. Learn about the 2025 drills off Chennai, international participation, shoreline cleanup, and...

Crimes Against Children Rise in 2023 : NCRB Report

Crimes Against Children Rise in 2023 : NCRB Report

India’s NCRB 2023 report shows a 10-fold rise in crimes against children since 2005. Learn about key trends, reasons for...

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification

India’s fisheries sector targets global markets with MSC certification for fish and shrimp varieties. Learn how sustainable fishing, government support,...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honours Shimon Sakaguchi, Mary E. Brunkow, and Frederick Ramsdell for uncovering regulatory...

RBI’s New Framework for Digital Payments

RBI’s New Framework for Digital Payments

RBI introduces a risk-based authentication framework for digital payments, effective April 2026, enhancing security, user convenience, and fraud prevention while...

ULLAS: Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society

ULLAS: Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society

ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society) promotes adult literacy and lifelong learning in India. Discover its framework,...

India–UK Defence Vision 2035: Strategic and Technological Cooperation

India–UK Defence Vision 2035: Strategic and Technological Cooperation

The India–UK Defence Vision 2035 builds a long-term defence partnership focused on co-design, co-development, and co-production of advanced technologies, aligning...

India’s First GCC Hub: Maharashtra Leads the Way

India’s First GCC Hub: Maharashtra Leads the Way

Maharashtra partners with ANSR to build India’s first Global Capability Centre (GCC) city in Navi Mumbai. Learn how GCCs drive...

Dark Stars – JWST Discovery, Formation, and Cosmic Significance

Dark Stars – JWST Discovery, Formation, and Cosmic Significance

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected the first-ever dark stars—ancient cosmic objects powered by dark matter annihilation. Learn...

Ozone Pollution in India – Causes, Effects, and CPCB Findings

Ozone Pollution in India – Causes, Effects, and CPCB Findings

India’s NCR faces the worst ozone pollution, says CPCB. Learn how ground-level ozone forms, its health and crop impacts, and...

Furthered Criminal Law Reforms: Transforming India’s Justice System

Furthered Criminal Law Reforms: Transforming India’s Justice System

Discover how India’s new criminal laws—BNS, BNSS, and BSA—are transforming justice delivery. Learn about time-bound FIRs, forensic-based investigations, e-FIRs, and...

India’s Dairy Dominance: Growth, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

India’s Dairy Dominance: Growth, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

Discover how India became the world’s largest milk producer, contributing 24% of global supply. Learn about the cooperative model, women’s...

U.S. Government Shutdown: Causes, Impacts, and Global Implications

U.S. Government Shutdown: Causes, Impacts, and Global Implications

Explore the U.S. government shutdown, its causes, economic and social impacts, global consequences, and how it differs from India’s parliamentary...

New International Governance Index: India’s Push for a Global Benchmark

New International Governance Index: India’s Push for a Global Benchmark

India, as the new president of IIAS, proposes an International Governance Index to address biases in Western-centric rankings, improve transparency,...

PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana 2025

PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana 2025

Learn about PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY), a ₹24,000 crore flagship scheme aimed at transforming 100 low-productivity districts in India...

The Pandemic Fund and the Next Global Health Crisis

The Pandemic Fund and the Next Global Health Crisis

Learn how the World Bank’s Pandemic Fund, launched in 2022, is financing global health preparedness. Discover its focus on disease...

EAT–Lancet 2025 Report: Planetary Health Diet & Planetary Boundaries

EAT–Lancet 2025 Report: Planetary Health Diet & Planetary Boundaries

Less than 1% of people live within ecological limits. The EAT–Lancet 2025 Report maps how food systems drive planetary boundary...

SARAL AI Tool: Simplifying Scientific Research for All

SARAL AI Tool: Simplifying Scientific Research for All

The ANRF’s SARAL AI tool transforms complex scientific research into multilingual, multimedia-friendly formats. Learn how SARAL improves accessibility, outreach, and...

Drone Kavach Exercise: India’s Leap into Next-Generation Drone Warfare

Drone Kavach Exercise: India’s Leap into Next-Generation Drone Warfare

From 25–28 September 2025, the Indian Army’s Spear Corps conducted Exercise Drone Kavach in Arunachal Pradesh, showcasing AI-enabled drones, swarm...

Indian Real GDP vs Nominal GDP Growth Conundrum

Indian Real GDP vs Nominal GDP Growth Conundrum

India shows strong real GDP growth, yet policy actions signal weak demand. Explore the disconnect between real and nominal GDP,...

Flying Rivers: Amazon’s Hidden Lifelines Under Threat

Flying Rivers: Amazon’s Hidden Lifelines Under Threat

Amazon’s flying rivers—vast aerial water currents—are weakening due to deforestation, fires, and climate change. Discover their global significance, threats, conservation...