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The Delhi government's three women-focused welfare programs, including the Pink National Common Mobility Card, were introduced by President Droupadi Murmu. Speaking to the audience at the "Sashakt Nari, Samriddh Delhi" program, President Murmu stated that programs like integrated transport access and free bus travel would improve women's safety and freedom. The President also announced a plan to give two free LPG cylinders to families with ration cards every year for Holi and Diwali during the ceremony, which was hosted at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. Direct Benefit Transfer would be used to deposit the ₹129-crore benefit straight into the beneficiaries' bank accounts. She also started the "Meri Poonji, Mera Adhikar" campaign and the Delhi Lakhpati Bitiya Yojana. According to Ms. ...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has temporarily attached industrialist Anil Ambani's 17-story luxury home "Abode" in Mumbai's Pali Hill, which is worth Rs 3,716 crore, in a major escalation of the financial and legal issues surrounding him. In relation to alleged bank loan fraud and money diversion connected to Reliance ADA Group firms, the action was initiated in accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The attachment represents one of the most valuable personal assets to be temporarily taken during a recent corporate fraud probe. The action, according to officials, comes after continuing investigations into financial transactions involving group companies, especially the financial services and telecom divisions that fell behind on significant loan obligations. ...

According to Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh, artificial intelligence will be the driving force behind India's next agricultural revolution, establishing it as the cornerstone of agriculture policy, research, and investment architecture. Speaking at the opening session of the "Global Conference on AI in Agriculture and Investor Summit 2026," he claimed that AI provides scalable answers for the first time to the structural issues of unpredictable weather, information asymmetry, and fragmented markets that have long limited farm productivity. Dr. Singh emphasized the scope of the opportunity, stating that if AI-enabled advisories help each farmer save even Rs 5,000 annually through improved input timing, pest prediction, and mark...

According to Rajnath Singh, the minister of defense, India wants to create a fair maritime order that is founded on international law and freedom of navigation. He emphasized that in order to address marine concerns, the international community must work together. He stated that both established and new dangers coexist when launching the multilateral naval exercise MILAN 2026 here. Cyber vulnerabilities, trafficking, illicit fishing, marine terrorism, piracy, and interruptions to vital supply lines. Natural disasters are becoming increasingly severe due to climate change, which increases the frequency and difficulty of humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. No navy, no matter how strong, can handle these difficulties on its own. Because of this, it is now necessary for the Navies to co...

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav revealed that South African cheetah Gamini had given birth to three cubs at Kuno National Park, marking a new milestone in India's ambitious cheetah reintroduction program. According to the minister, the birth marks the end of three years since the cheetahs from South Africa arrived. There are now 38 cheetahs in the nation after Gamini, a second-time mother, gave birth to the cubs at Kuno National Park. "Kuno has some wonderful news again. With the conclusion of three years since the entrance of cheetahs from South Africa, Kuno welcomes three new cubs — A roaring new chapter at Kuno,” Yadav wrote on X. Celebrations were reverberating throughout the park, he continued, as Gamini "has brought 3 new cubs into the world." According to the minister, t...

Telangana's ruling Congress party has won around 60% of urban local bodies. Three out of seven corporations and 64 out of 116 municipalities were taken over by the Congress party. While Forward Block won one urban local body, the main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) won 13 municipalities. In 38 municipalities, there were no obvious winners. This led to Congress and BRS engaging in camp politics to get independents and others to become chairpersons and vice-chairpersons. In seventy-five percent of the municipalities, the Congress party declared victory. BRS's outstanding performance prevented the ruling party from winning all the seats. The Congress party won 1,347 wards out of 2,582 wards in municipalities, while the BRS won 717 wards. With 261 seats, the BJP came in far third....

According to ISRO chairman V Narayanan, the Indian Space Research Organization is preparing the Gaganyaan mission for 2027 and hopes to follow it up with crewed Chandrayaan-4 and Chandrayaan-5 flights by 2028. This indicates that India's human spaceflight program is at a critical stage. Regarding the roadmap, Narayanan stated that before astronauts are launched into space, the Gaganyaan program will involve three uncrewed trips. "We are working on the Gaganyaan initiative, which is aimed for 2027, under the visionary leadership of PM Modi. We are working toward three uncrewed missions that are scheduled to take place," he stated. Although the first unmanned launch date has not yet been set, Narayanan stated that preparations were moving along smoothly. "We are working towards it, but t...

The Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute (GCRI) in Ahmedabad, reaffirmed its position as one of India's most trusted cancer care institutions, emerging as a major national referral centre for treatment, research, prevention and early detection on the occasion of World Cancer Day. According to data released by the institute, GCRI recorded more than 26,810 new cancer patients in 2025, of whom over 9,140 were from outside Gujarat. Patients travelled to GCRI from several states, with the highest numbers from Madhya Pradesh (4,572), followed by Rajasthan (2,678), Uttar Pradesh (1,094), Maharashtra (279) and Bihar (288). The foundation of the institute's expansion is the long-term improvement of Gujarat's healthcare system, which was started under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and continued ...

Members of the Rajya Sabha expressed grave worries about the mounting health and developmental catastrophe that India's youngsters are experiencing, with a focus on smartphone addiction and a dramatic increase in myopia cases. Lehar Singh Siroya, a member of the BJP, cautioned that unrestrained smartphone use among students is seriously impairing their capacity to focus, grow socially, and preserve mental health. He said that the issue is "impairing concentration and social development" and likened its intensity to heroin addiction. Siroya advocated for such limitations on smartphone and social media use in India, citing instances from other nations where social media accounts for children under 16 are prohibited in order to protect kids from harmful content, addictive algorithms, and ...