DRDO has inaugurated a new CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) Field Training and Demonstration Centre at Burari in Delhi, under the INMAS-led CBRN Centre of Excellence, to train defence and disaster-response personnel.
Read full article →The second Joint Commanders' Conference was held in Jaipur on 7-8 May 2026 on the theme 'Military Capability in New Domains', attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and CDS General Anil Chauhan, focusing on cyber, space and unmanned warfare.
Read full article →Scheduled Commercial Banks recorded 15.9% non-food credit growth in FY 2025-26, up from 10.9% the previous year, driven by higher lending to industry, agriculture and services.
Read full article →The CCEA has approved a Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of Rs. 365 per quintal for sugarcane for the 2026-27 season at a 10.25% recovery rate, effective 1 October 2026, benefiting nearly 5 crore farmers.
Read full article →The Union Cabinet approved two semiconductor projects in Gujarat under the India Semiconductor Mission on 5 May 2026 — a GaN Micro-LED display unit in Dholera and an assembly-and-testing unit in Surat — worth Rs. 3,936 crore.
Read full article →The CCEA on 5 May 2026 approved a new Ship Repair Facility at Vadinar, Gujarat, to be jointly developed by Deendayal Port Authority and Cochin Shipyard Limited at an investment of about Rs. 1,570 crore.
Read full article →A Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate plant with a 2,000 tonnes-per-day capacity will be set up in Odisha by BCGCL, with L&T securing the contract, supporting India's 100 million tonne coal gasification target by 2030.
Read full article →New Delhi will host the first International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Summit on 1-2 June 2026, organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, with the theme 'Save Big Cats, Save Humanity, Save Ecosystem'.
Read full article →Bhutan secured $515 million from the World Bank for the 1,125 MW Dorjilung Hydropower Project, its largest, being built by a Druk Green Power-Tata Power joint venture and set to support power exports to India.
Read full article →The Ministry of Earth Sciences has set up India's first Urban Testbed and Aerosol Observatory in Chennai, built by IITM and CASRI, to improve weather forecasting and aerosol-climate research under Mission Mausam.
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