Kishau Multipurpose Project: In a major push to resolve long-pending inter-state water disputes, six northern states Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Delhi signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pave the way for the Kishau Multipurpose Project. A MoU was signed in 1994, between the Yamuna basin states (undivided Uttar Pradesh, […]
Day: September 18, 2026
SEMICON India 2026
SEMICON India 2026: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, bringing together global semiconductor companies, policymakers and investors to showcase India’s growing semiconductor ecosystem and technological capabilities. The event, centred around the theme “Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem,” highlights India’s shift from developing chip manufacturing capabilities to building a complete […]
Hazard Perception Test
Hazard Perception Test: Kerala will become the first State in India to introduce a mandatory computer-based Hazard Perception Test (HPT) for driving licence applicants from December 2026. A computer-based road-safety assessment that uses simulated traffic situations to test whether driving licence applicants can identify potential hazards at the appropriate time. The provision for such an […]
Sanjukta Parasor: 1st Woman Officer to Lead CRPF’s CoBRA Unit
Sanjukta Parasor: 1st Woman Officer to Lead CRPF’s CoBRA Unit Senior IPS officer Sanjukta Parasor has been appointed as the first woman Inspector General (IG) of the CRPF’s elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) unit, marking a significant milestone in India’s security forces. She will succeed 1996-batch IPS officer Danesh Rana. A 2006-batch IPS […]
The Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission
The Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission: India unequivocally rejected the operationalisation of the so-called Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission following its inaugural meeting in Islamabad, stating that the bilateral mechanism lacks any legal basis.A bilateral institutional mechanism operationalised between Pakistan and China to oversee border affairs, frontier management, and cross-border facilitation along the geographical alignment separating Xinjiang […]
Gegeneophis chandgadi : New Species Of Limbless Amphibian
Gegeneophis chandgadi : New Species Of Limbless Amphibian Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Savitribai Phule Pune University described a new species of limbless amphibian, Gegeneophis chandgadi, discovered in backyard leaf litter in Buzawade village in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats.A newly identified subterranean, limbless amphibian (caecilian) belonging to the family Grandisoniidae and the […]
