India’s ‘Make in India’ defence initiative promotes self-reliance through indigenous production, achieving record outputs of ₹1.54 lakh crore in FY 2024-25. Despite soaring exports, overcoming critical technology dependencies and boosting R&D investments remain key challenges.
Click to View MoreThe repatriation of the 11th-century Chola copper plates from the Netherlands highlights India's rich maritime and cultural heritage. Ancient epigraphic records like the Uttaramerur inscriptions, these artifacts offer profound insights into early Indian administration and scripts.
Click to View MoreThe Bhojshala complex in Madhya Pradesh, originally an 11th-century Sanskrit learning centre built by Raja Bhoja, was recently declared a Hindu temple by the High Court based on ASI surveys, quashing the 2003 order permitting Muslim prayers.
Click to View MoreThe Afsluitdijk is a 32-kilometre Dutch causeway built between 1927 and 1932. It dams the Zuiderzee bay, converting it into the freshwater IJsselmeer lake. This mega-structure provides vital flood protection and connects North Holland with Friesland provinces.
Click to View MoreScientists from the Zoological Survey of India recently discovered a new leopard gecko species, Eublepharis jhuma, in Bihar’s Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary. Protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, this finding highlights India's rich, yet threatened, herpetofaunal biodiversity.
Click to View MoreResearchers discovered a new crab spider, Oxytate indosinica, in Manipur and China, highlighting the Indo-Burma hotspot's rich biodiversity. This corrects past misidentifications and underscores the ecological importance of spiders as pest regulators and environmental bioindicators.
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Botanists discovered Melanoseris pendryi, a rare flowering plant in the Sikkim Himalayas above 4,000m. Proposed as Critically Endangered due to climate change and tourism, this discovery highlights the fragile alpine ecosystem's rich biodiversity and its vulnerability to warming.
Click to View MoreThe Narcotics Control Bureau's "Operation RAGEPILL" dismantled an international drug syndicate, marking India's first seizure of Captagon pills, valued at ₹182 crore.
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