DRDO granted Final Operational Clearance to the indigenous NETRA AEW&C system, fully certifying it for the IAF. Mounted on Embraer ERJ-145 jets, the "Eye in the Sky" features an AESA radar, tracking 200+ targets over 250 km, ensuring dominant network-centric battle management.
Click to View MoreGlobal mangrove forests are recovering, gaining over 2,000 sq km since 2010. In India, the MISHTI scheme accelerates this through community-funded afforestation. Despite threats from aquaculture and sea-level rise, these vital "blue carbon" sinks remain critical for coastal protection and biodiversity.
Click to View MoreMoSPI is launching India’s first monthly Index of Services Production (ISP) with a 2024-25 base year to track formal services output. Using GST data and administrative records, the ISP complements the IIP to strengthen real-time economic monitoring and policymaking.
Click to View MoreAPEDA’s BHARATI programme successfully trained 100 startups to accelerate India's agri-food exports. The initiative integrates tech-driven solutions to overcome SPS compliance challenges, promotes high-value GI-tagged products, and aims to achieve India’s USD 50 billion agricultural export target by 2030.
Click to View MoreThe Draft NFSA (Amendment) Bill 2026 proposes allocating 7 kg of foodgrains per person for AAY households, capped at 35 kg. This rationalizes food subsidies and addresses disparities, though large families may face nutritional gaps due to the rigid cap.
Click to View MoreThe 820 MW Kirthai-II Hydroelectric Project on the Chenab River marks India's strategic push to utilize Indus Waters Treaty rights. This article explores its engineering features, environmental concerns (forest diversion, wildlife impact), disaster management risks, and socio-economic significance.
Click to View MoreThe RBI's revised framework compensates small-value digital fraud victims up to ₹25,000 and mandates dynamic Two-Factor Authentication. Coupled with the government's e-Zero FIR initiative, this policy drastically strengthens India's cybersecurity, consumer protection, and overall digital payments ecosystem.
Click to View MoreThe Indian government temporarily restricted Telegram and disabled its message-editing feature to curb massive cyber fraud related to the NEET-UG paper leaks. The crisis highlights the urgent tension between End-to-End Encryption (E2EE), platform accountability under IT Rules 2021, and the "going dark" challenge for law enforcement.
Click to View MoreThe GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty operates the world's largest muon telescope to study cosmic rays, thunderstorms, and solar storms. By tracking galactic particles, it successfully recorded a crack in Earth's magnetic shield and serves as a vital early warning system for space weather.
Click to View MoreThe Supreme Court’s 100-metre elevation rule for the Aravallis threatens over 90% of India's oldest fold mountains. Urgent landscape-level conservation and the Aravalli Green Wall Project are critical to prevent desertification, water scarcity, and severe pollution across North-West India.
Click to View MoreScientists recently mapped 165,000 sq km of climate-resilient coral reefs globally and successfully bred adult corals for enhanced heat tolerance. These interventions, alongside drastic carbon emission cuts, are crucial for combating the 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event and saving marine ecosystems.
Click to View MoreThe 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis threatens India's energy security and the lives of Indian seafarers in the Gulf. In response, India escalated diplomatic protests, issued safety circulars, and deployed naval task forces under Operations Sankalp and Urja Suraksha.
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