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Mullaperiyar Dam: Budget Promise Reopens Interstate Dispute

Mullaperiyar Dam: Budget Promise Reopens Interstate Dispute

Why in news? Tamil Nadu’s revised 2026–27 budget promised to pursue a higher water level at Mullaperiyar Dam. It linked this goal to farm support ...

Means-cum-Merit Scholarship: 2026-27 Application Window Opens

Means-cum-Merit Scholarship: 2026-27 Application Window Opens

Why in news? The Department of School Education and Literacy opened the 2026–27 scholarship window. Both fresh and renewal applications use the Nati...

GOBARdhan: Cabinet Clears National Compressed Biogas Scheme

GOBARdhan: Cabinet Clears National Compressed Biogas Scheme

Why in news? On 6 August 2026, the Union Cabinet approved GOBARdhan as the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme. GOBARdhan means Galvanizing Organic Bio...

Agni-4 Test Validates Operational and Technical Parameters

Agni-4 Test Validates Operational and Technical Parameters

Why in news? India successfully test-fired the Agni-4 ballistic missile on 6 August 2026. The launch took place at Chandipur’s Integrated Test Range...

Pakal Dul: Labour Dispute Settled at Chenab Storage Project

Pakal Dul: Labour Dispute Settled at Chenab Storage Project

Why in news? A labour dispute at Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Project ended through conciliation; the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Jammu, led th...

Blood Falls: Marine Legacy Traced beneath Antarctic Ice

Blood Falls: Marine Legacy Traced beneath Antarctic Ice

Why in news? Researchers found new molecular evidence for a marine legacy beneath Antarctica's Blood Falls. Their study examined 167 environmental sam...

Pigeonpea Asha: India's First Gapless Reference Genome

Pigeonpea Asha: India's First Gapless Reference Genome

Why in news? Indian scientists completed a telomere-to-telomere reference genome for the pigeonpea variety Asha. The assembly covers difficult repetit...

HYDERACENE: Patented Binder-Catalyst for Solid Propellants

HYDERACENE: Patented Binder-Catalyst for Solid Propellants

Why in news? The University of Hyderabad received an Indian patent for a material called HYDERACENE. The patent was granted on 21 July 2026 after four...

Hexavalent Vaccine: Weighing a Six-in-One Shot for India

Hexavalent Vaccine: Weighing a Six-in-One Shot for India

Why in news? A new study modelled hexavalent vaccination within India's public immunisation programme. One injection would combine antigens now delive...

Hippocampus amandavincentae: New Indian Ocean Seahorse

Hippocampus amandavincentae: New Indian Ocean Seahorse

Why in news? Researchers formally described an Indian Ocean seahorse named Hippocampus amandavincentae. Specimens had previously been grouped with the...

India and Lesotho: Sixth Joint Bilateral Commission Meets

India and Lesotho: Sixth Joint Bilateral Commission Meets

Why in news? India and Lesotho held their sixth Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation in New Delhi. Officials reviewed the full range of bilatera...

Jeevan Raksha Padak: Silkyara Tunnel Rescuers Honoured

Jeevan Raksha Padak: Silkyara Tunnel Rescuers Honoured

Why in news? Union Minister Nitin Gadkari presented the lifesaving series' highest medal to twelve Silkyara rescuers. Their manual excavation had help...

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