Salal Dam: Authorities recently opened all gates of the Salal Dam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district after heavy rainfall triggered a sharp rise in water inflow into the Chenab River and the dam reservoir. The Salal Dam, also known as Salal Hydroelectric Power Station, is a 690 MW run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab […]
Tag: 24th Jul 2026
Disporum yobinorum : Flowering Plant
Disporum yobinorum: Flowering Plant Botanists recently discovered a flowering plant named Disporum yobinorum in a remote corner of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Myanmar. Disporum yobinorum is a new species of flowering plant. It was discovered in the forests of Vijaynagar in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Vijaynagar is one of India’s least disturbed forest landscapes. Nestled […]
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award : The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports invites online nominations for the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award (TNNAA) 2025. Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is India’s highest national honour for outstanding achievements in the field of adventure. The objectives of the award are: To recognize the achievements of the […]
Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft
Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft: An IIT Madras-incubated startup launched India’s first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft prototype. It is a battery-powered aircraft that can take off and land vertically like a helicopter before transitioning to forward flight like a conventional aeroplane. An eVTOL does not require long runways. It is a […]
SMILE Scheme : In News
SMILE Scheme: In News The SMILE scheme has rehabilitated over 10200 persons engaged in begging across 216 cities in India. The SMILE (Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise) is an umbrella programme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. It is a central sector scheme. It aims to realise the vision of […]
Allographa : New Species Of Lichen
Allographa : New Species Of Lichen A team of researchers has unveiled five new species of lichen-forming fungi belonging to the genus Allographa. Allographa is a genus of script lichens or lichen-forming fungi (a fungus that teams up with algae or cyanobacteria to create a lichen) with elongated fruiting bodies in the family It has […]
Mission Golden Spice
Mission Golden Spice: The Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) launched the Mission Golden Spice. Mission Golden Spice is an integrated Lakadong Turmeric Value Chain Enhancement Project. It is a convergence-led initiative for turmeric cultivation and value-chain development in the State of Meghalaya. Time Period: Five-year roadmap (2025–2030) It is […]
India’s Rising Inflation
India’s Rising Inflation: India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation has surged to around 10%, marking its sharpest rise in over a decade (excluding the Covid-19 period). The spike has reignited concerns over inflation, with rising fuel, power, and manufactured goods prices emerging as the primary drivers rather than excessive consumer demand. India’s headline Consumer Price […]
India’s 1st Geothermal Wells Commissioned at Puga Valley
India’s 1st Geothermal Wells Commissioned at Puga Valley: India has commissioned its first and deepest geothermal wells at Puga Valley in Ladakh, marking a significant step in the country’s clean-energy transition and Ladakh’s goal of becoming carbon-neutral. Both wells have been drilled to a depth of 1,000 metres at an altitude of more than […]
Hidden Giant Exoplanet
Hidden Giant Exoplanet: Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered a hidden giant exoplanet, Beta Pictoris d, in the well-studied Beta Pictoris star system, located 63 light-years from Earth in the Milky Way. Beta Pictoris is a young planetary system, around 23 million years old, providing insights into planetary formation and interactions between […]
