Month: October 2025

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) marked a significant milestone in strengthening India’s maritime security with the launch of two advanced Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) ICG Ship Ajit and ICGS Aparajit at Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on October 24, 2025. These vessels are the seventh and eighth in a series of eight indigenously built FPVs being constructed by GSL for the ICG, marking an important step forward in enhancing the nation’s coastal surveillance and response capabilities. Designed and built entirely by GSL, the FPVs reflect the growing strength of India’s indigenous…

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India has completed its first-ever nationwide scientific census of snow leopards, revealing an estimated 718 individuals thriving in the country’s high-altitude Himalayan regions. The survey, a landmark conservation milestone, provides the first reliable baseline for protecting one of the world’s most elusive and endangered big cats. The Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI) was conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), in collaboration with several state forest departments, the Nature Conservation Foundation, and WWF-India. The extensive fieldwork was carried out between 2019 and 2023, covering over 70% of the…

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Shri Tarun Kumar Pithode, an Officer of the 2009 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Madhya Pradesh Cadre, has taken charge as the new full-time Member Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), with effect from today. Serving as the Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Pithode has now assumed the role of the Member-Secretary of the Commission. He has been appointed for an overall tenure of five years upto 08.09.2029, or until further orders, whichever…

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Coal India Limited (CIL) and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a Centre for Sustainable Energy at the IIT Madras campus. The collaboration aims to promote research, innovation, and development in sustainable and clean energy technologies, focusing on renewable energy integration, carbon capture, energy efficiency, and sustainable mining practices. Officials said the partnership will help accelerate India’s transition toward a low-carbon future and support the nation’s commitment to achieving its net-zero targets. The Centre will also facilitate industry–academia collaboration to develop scalable solutions for clean energy production…

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“Lt Col (Hony) Neeraj Chopra embodies the highest ideals of discipline, dedication and national pride, serving as an inspiration to generations within the sporting fraternity and the Armed Forces alike,” said Shri Rajnath Singh. Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi and other senior officials of the Indian Army and Territorial Army were present on the occasion. Enrolled in the Indian Army in 2016, Lt Col (Hony) Neeraj Chopra has served with The Rajputana Rifles of the Indian Army. Born on 24 December 1997 in Khandra village, Panipat district,…

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Black hole activities suppress the birth of new stars around it, shows a new study that can help in a deeper understanding of how galaxies evolve and may provide answers to why some have very low star-formation rates. Supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies are known to drive outflows of gas, and astronomers have long studied how feedback processes from these outflows can in turn determine the evolution of these galaxies. However, a key puzzle has been to understand the relative influence of this gas outflow versus radiation…

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