Recently, India submitted the nomination dossier of Meghalaya’s living root bridges, titled “Jingkieng Jri / Lyu Chrai Cultural Landscape”, to UNESCO in Paris for consideration under the World Heritage list (2026-27 cycle).

Recently, the Government of India has notified Coking Coal as a Critical and Strategic Mineral under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act), with the objective of reducing import dependence and strengthening the domestic

Recently, researchers at IIT Kanpur mapped the magnetic field inside the Sun for the first time by assimilating 30 years of surface magnetic field observatis from space-based satellites into a 3-dimensional computational model.

The Finance Minister of India, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, presented the Union Budget 2026-27 on 1st February 2026 (9th Consecutive Budget). Here are the Key Highlights of the Budget:

The report, titled Climate Risks and Insurance for India’s Infrastructure and prepared by Climate Trends, finds that climate impacts in India are no longer rare events but are steadily increasing in both frequency and severity.

The Supreme Court has stayed the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) new equity rules, stating that the rules were prima facie vague and have the potential to divide society.

Recently, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified key amendments to the New Drugs and Clinical Trials (NDCT) Rules, 2019, to reduce regulatory burden and promote Ease of Doing Business in the pharmaceutical and clinical research secto

In a landmark ruling on women’s health, the Supreme Court has declared the right to menstrual health as a fundamental right.

Ahead of World Wetlands Day on February 2, two wetlands have been included as wetlands of international importance in the Ramsar sites list, under the global Ramsar Convention.

Recently, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has initiated a suo motu Public Interest Litigation after taking note of an emerging ecological and heritage crisis at the Lonar Crater Lake in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district.

Recently, NITI Aayog launched Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0, a mission-mode initiative aimed at achieving full saturation of key development indicators in Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks across the country.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, superseding the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

Recently, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26 in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, ahead of the Union Budget 2026.