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FCI and World Food Programme – Rice Supply Agreement
Why in news? On 18 February 2026 the Food Corporation of India (FCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the World Food Programme (WFP). U...
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Why in news? On 18 February 2026 the Food Corporation of India (FCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the World Food Programme (WFP). U...
Why in news? Construction on the Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh reached an important milestone on 17 February 2026: engineers achiev...
Why in news? The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Field Director of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve to explain a series of recent tiger deaths. Wi...
Why in news? Researchers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, have identified the role of insulin‑like growth factor (IGF) in promoting the...
Why in news? The Government of India launched VoicERA at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. This open‑source voice AI platform aims to bring multiling...
Why in news? Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo visited India for the India AI Impact Summit 2026. In his address he highlighted the strong partn...
Why in news? Marine biologists from the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) have discovered a tiny three‑millimetre squat lobster in t...
Why in news? The Kerala government has declared tidal flooding — the regular inundation of low‑lying coastal areas by high tides — a State‑spe...
Why in news? Archaeologists recently confirmed the precise location of the lost city of Charax Spasinou in the deserts of modern Iraq. Using drone pho...
Why in news? Researchers from Cochin University of Science and Technology have identified a new species of pistol shrimp in the Kochi backwaters. The ...
Why in news? The Chhattisgarh Forest Department is setting up clusters of fruit‑bearing trees, dubbed “hornbill restaurants,” in the Udanti Sita...
Why in news? India’s Prime Minister and the French President virtually inaugurated the final assembly line of the Airbus H‑125 light utility helic...
Why in news? Iran, Russia and China announced that they will conduct a joint naval exercise, the “Maritime Security Belt 2026,” in waters near the...
Why in news? India and France renewed their defence cooperation agreement for another ten years during the 6th India‑France Annual Defence Dialogue ...
Why in news? India is set to complete the long‑delayed Shahpur Kandi Dam on the Ravi River by the end of March 2026. Officials announced that once c...
Why in news? The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) cleared procurement proposals worth nearly ₹3.6 lakh crore to strengthen India’s armed forces. ...
Why in news? The Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Tarangini arrived in Visakhapatnam as part of the International Fleet Review and the multilate...
Why in news? Zoologists from the Zoological Survey of India have described a new soil‑dwelling micro‑arthropod from the Eastern Himalayas named Le...
Why in news? A study published in Science Translational Medicine reported that high doses of inhaled nitric oxide dramatically reduced the number of d...
Why in news? The National Health Authority recently announced two programmes – the Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for India (SAH...