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Portfolio Management Service – Proposed Regulatory Overhaul

Portfolio Management Service – Proposed Regulatory Overhaul

Why in news? The Securities and Exchange Board of India issued a consultation paper on 23 July 2026. It proposed a broad review of rules for Portfolio...

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report

Why in news? Five United Nations bodies released the 2026 food-security report on 21 July. Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year during ...

Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary and Confirmed Dhole Presence

Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary and Confirmed Dhole Presence

Why in news? Field observations and camera traps have confirmed dholes inside Assam’s Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary. The species had rarely appeared in...

Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana Rasayan (BHAVYA Rasayan) Scheme

Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana Rasayan (BHAVYA Rasayan) Scheme

Why in news? The Union Cabinet approved the BHAVYA Rasayan Scheme on 24 July 2026. It will support three large and dedicated chemical parks. The schem...

Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme – Rural Enterprise Support

Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme – Rural Enterprise Support

Why in news? A government review highlighted the programme’s progress during July 2026. It had supported over 4.32 lakh rural enterprises by June 20...

Spain – Geography, History and the 2026 Wildfires

Spain – Geography, History and the 2026 Wildfires

Why in news? Severe wildfires affected Spain and neighbouring France during July 2026. By 24 July, about 166,000 people had been evacuated across both...

Ceratocaudia antiqua – A New Jurassic Dinosaur from Kachchh

Ceratocaudia antiqua – A New Jurassic Dinosaur from Kachchh

Why in news? Indian researchers have described a new long-necked dinosaur from Gujarat’s Kachchh Basin. They named the species Ceratocaudia antiqua....

Lake Manasarovar – Geography, Faith and the 2026 Yatra

Lake Manasarovar – Geography, Faith and the 2026 Yatra

Why in news? Pilgrims undertaking the 2026 Kailash Manasarovar Yatra could not bathe inside Lake Manasarovar. Chinese authorities continued their proh...

Chenab River – Monsoon Flooding and the Indus System

Chenab River – Monsoon Flooding and the Indus System

Why in news? India rejected reports alleging deliberate flooding through increased Chenab River flows. The Government attributed the rise to intense m...

Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary – Leopard Attack and Landscape Connectivity

Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary – Leopard Attack and Landscape Connectivity

Why in news? A 26-year-old farmer suffered critical injuries inside Odisha’s Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary. He had entered the forest after two cattle ...

Tetragonula yikhumensis – India’s Largest Known Stingless Bee

Tetragonula yikhumensis – India’s Largest Known Stingless Bee

Why in news? Researchers have described a new stingless bee from Wokha district in Nagaland. They named it Tetragonula yikhumensis after Yikhum villag...

Aerosols and Their Unequal Climate Effects

Aerosols and Their Unequal Climate Effects

Why in news? A global study has classified atmospheric aerosols into seven distinct types. It used observations from 171 monitoring stations across si...

Kutki or Picrorhiza kurrooa – Sustainable Himalayan Cultivation

Kutki or Picrorhiza kurrooa – Sustainable Himalayan Cultivation

Why in news? Farmers in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district are cultivating the threatened Himalayan herb Kutki. Nearly 180 farmers have joined a scie...

Kusha Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile System

Kusha Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile System

Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation conducted Kusha’s maiden flight test on 23 July 2026. The test occurred at Abdul Kala...

Ratle Hydroelectric Project and the Damaged Cofferdam

Ratle Hydroelectric Project and the Damaged Cofferdam

Why in news? Heavy rainfall sharply raised the Chenab River near the Ratle project. The high flow damaged a temporary cofferdam at the construction si...

Romania and the India–Romania Partnership

Romania and the India–Romania Partnership

Why in news? President Droupadi Murmu reached Bucharest for a State Visit on 23 July 2026. It was the first Indian presidential State Visit there in n...

Black Sea – Geography, Trade and Maritime Security

Black Sea – Geography, Trade and Maritime Security

Why in news? India issued a maritime security advisory for the Black Sea on 23 July 2026. It covers Indian ships and foreign ships carrying Indian sea...

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)

Why in news? A National Crime Records Bureau assessment gave Chhattisgarh 64.97 out of 100. The score concerned its Crime and Criminal Tracking Networ...

East Asia Summit – Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila

East Asia Summit – Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila

Why in news? External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attended an East Asia Summit meeting in Manila. This was the 16th Foreign Ministers’ ...

Arunachaleswarar Temple at Tiruvannamalai

Arunachaleswarar Temple at Tiruvannamalai

Why in news? Police arrested a man over unauthorised access inside Arunachaleswarar Temple. He allegedly used duplicate keys to admit devotees for wor...

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