Maulana Barkatullah was an Indian freedom fighter, a founding member of the Ghadar Party, and the Prime Minister of the first Provisional Government of independent India, established in exile in Kabul in 1915
Click to View MoreNASA officially retired the MAVEN mission following an unrecoverable communication failure. During its eleven years orbiting Mars, the spacecraft provided groundbreaking insights into atmospheric sputtering, solar wind interactions, and exactly how the Red Planet lost its early habitable climate forever.
Click to View MoreIndia achieved a historic environmental milestone on World Environment Day 2026 by declaring Uttar Pradesh’s Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary, also known as Surha Tal, as its 100th Ramsar site, highlighting the nation's commitment to biodiversity conservation and wetland protection.
Click to View MoreThe endangered Nilgiri Tahr, Tamil Nadu's state animal, has seen a population increase to 2,655 across the Western Ghats. Despite this success, habitat fragmentation and climate change severely threaten these mountain ungulates, prompting Tamil Nadu's dedicated 'Project Nilgiri Tahr'
Click to View MoreIndia and the UK launched the Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory to trace essential resources like lithium and cobalt. Alongside India's National Critical Mineral Mission, this initiative aims to counter supply chain vulnerabilities and Chinese dominance in rare earths.
Click to View MoreTo stabilize the rupee and bridge the balance of payments deficit, India has eliminated capital gains and withholding taxes on FII investments in government bonds via the Income Tax Amendment Ordinance 2026, boosting foreign debt inflows and lowering imported inflation.
Click to View MoreThe June 2026 RBI MPC meeting maintained the repo rate at 5.25% while revising FY27 GDP growth down to 6.6% and inflation up to 5.1%. The RBI also introduced key capital inflow measures and is evaluating polymer currency notes.
Click to View MoreThe Union Cabinet approved a ₹10,000 crore Price Stabilisation Fund providing interest-free advances to OMCs. This mechanism offers fixed-price ATF to domestic airlines, shielding them from massive price volatility caused by the West Asia crisis and structural tax challenges.
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