Shaurya Squadrons: The Indian Army recently began fielding Shaurya Squadrons, dedicated drone sub-units embedded within armoured regiments. Shaurya Squadrons are dedicated drone sub-units being inducted into the Indian Army’s armoured regiments. They give tank commanders real-time surveillance and precision-strike capability at the unit level. Each squadron comprises 20 to 30 personnel trained in drone and […]
Gruha Sugam Portal
Gruha Sugam Portal: The National Housing Bank (NHB) launched the Gruha Sugam Portal. It enables Defence / Government personnel to avail home loans with ease from the location of their posting. It will accelerate digital lending adoption and financial inclusion. It will facilitate increased home ownership through improved access to housing loans, strengthening the mission […]
Honshu Island
Honshu Island: An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.2 struck off the east coast of Japan’s largest island, Honshu, recently. Honshu, historically known as Akitsushima, is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the second-most populous island in the world […]
Sonowal Kacharis
Sonowal Kacharis: A new study has identified 39 plants used by the Sonowal Kachari community to treat ailments ranging from fever and cough to kidney stones and skin diseases. They are an indigenous people who live in northeast India. The vast majority of the Sonwal live in Assam. They are the third-largest plain tribe in […]
Neoloboptera peninsularis
Neoloboptera peninsularis: Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recently uncovered a new cockroach species, Neoloboptera peninsularis, in the Deccan Peninsula. It is a new species of cockroach. It marks the first use of modern DNA technology in India to identify a cockroach It is only the third known member of the genus Neoloboptera […]
PRISM-SG Portal
PRISM-SG Portal: The Minister for Road Transport and Highways launched the PRISM-SG (Portal for Rail-Road Inspection & Stages Management – Steel Girders) Portal in New Delhi. PRISM-SG (Portal for Rail-Road Inspection & Stages Management – Steel Girders) Portal aimed at enhancing efficiency, transparency, and inter-agency coordination in infrastructure development. It has been developed to digitise […]
QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings: The Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) has achieved a global milestone by breaking into the Top 100 of the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 for the first time. It is published annually by global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds. The QS rankings evaluate universities on several parameters, including […]
Modified UDAN Scheme
Modified UDAN Scheme: The Union Cabinet has approved the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Modified UDAN with a Rs 28,840 crore outlay for 2026–2036, aiming to strengthen regional aviation and address viability issues in earlier phases. The Modified UDAN scheme, introduced in the Union Budget 2025–26, is a revamped version of the UDAN (Ude Desh ka […]
Immigration, Visa, Foreigners Registration & Tracking (lVFRT) Scheme
Immigration, Visa, Foreigners Registration & Tracking (lVFRT) Scheme: The Union cabinet approved the continuation of the Immigration, Visa, Foreigners Registration & Tracking (lVFRT) Scheme. The IVFRT platform is aimed at integrating and streamlining immigration, visa issuance, and foreigner registration processes in India through a secure, technology-driven framework. It was approved for a period of five […]
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Annual Report, 2025
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Annual Report, 2025: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Annual Report for 2025. The PLFS was launched by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in 2017 to estimate key employment and unemployment indicators. It provides data in two formats: Usual Status (ps+ss), […]
