RBI MPC Raises Repo Rate to 5.50%: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%. Marking its first rate hike since February 2023, the MPC also officially shifted its policy stance to “calibrated tightening” to address persistent inflationary pressures. Alongside the repo […]
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India-Ghana Advance Strategic Cooperation
India-Ghana Advance Strategic Cooperation: India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Ghana to strengthen bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, pharmaceuticals, defence and technology, while deepening engagement with the African Union and ECOWAS. Ghana lies in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. It borders Côte d’Ivoire in the west, Burkina Faso in the north and […]
GPS Tracking of Elephants in Assam
GPS Tracking of Elephants in Assam: The Assam Forest Department and World Wide Fund for Nature–India (WWF-India) released Tracking the Giants: Movement and Habitat-Use Patterns of GPS-Collared Elephants in Assam during the 72nd Wildlife Week. The study underscores the need to strengthen conservation of the Asian elephant amid rising habitat fragmentation and human-elephant conflict. Asian […]
Study Flags Widespread Illegal GM Cotton Cultivation
Study Flags Widespread Illegal GM Cotton Cultivation: A field study found that cotton hybrids with unapproved genetically modified (GM) traits were grown on 24–30% of India’s cotton-growing area in 2025–26. Around 26.2-29 lakh hectares out of India’s 114.8 lakh hectares under cotton had such hybrids. GM Traits Found: The hybrids carried: cp4-epsps, which makes cotton […]
2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
2026 Nobel Prize in Literature: Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy honoured her for her bold and inventive writing, which combines classical traditions with new forms of modern literature. Anne Carson Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1950, she is also a classicist and translator […]
Central Asian Flyway Digital Hub
Central Asian Flyway Digital Hub: The Central Asian Conservation Network (CACN) has launched a new Central Asian Flyway Digital Hub, according to a recent statement by the organisation. Central Asian Flyway Digital Hub is developed by the Central Asian Conservation Network (CACN). It aim is to strengthen the sharing of knowledge and information for the […]
Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve: A new report “Nanda Devi Biosphere Decadal Monitoring Campaign 2026”, has found that landslide-prone zones in the core have nearly doubled over the past decade. Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is one of India’s most important protected mountain ecosystems located in the Western Himalayas of Uttarakhand. It includes the Nanda Devi National […]
INS Shreyas
INS Shreyas: The INS Shreyas was launched by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. INS Shreyas is the third of four next-generation offshore patrol vessels. These ships derive their names from India’s rich heritage, with this ship being named as ‘Shreyas’, meaning ‘Best’ or ‘Most Excellent’ in Sanskrit. It is being built by defence […]
Red-Headed Vulture : In News
Red-Headed Vulture: In News A rare red-headed vulture sighted at an altitude of about 2,650 metres in Uttarakhand’s Munsiyari. The Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) is an Old World vulture. It is also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture, or Pondicherry vulture. They are usually found in open country and in cultivated and […]
Trade and Development Report 2026
Trade and Development Report 2026: India’s share in global greenfield investments during 2020-25, at 5.7%, is more than double China’s share in such investments during the same period, according to the latest Trade and Development Report 2026 report by UNCTAD. First launched in 1981, it is issued every year by the UN Trade and Development […]
