INDIA’S BRICS PRESIDENCY 2026
New Delhi, 2 January 2026 — India has officially assumed the rotating presidency of BRICS for the year 2026, taking over the leadership of the influential bloc of emerging economies…
CALIFORNIUM: THE WORLD’S COSTLIEST ELEMENT
GS Paper III – Science & Technology | Prelims + Mains Oriented Californium, a synthetic radioactive element, has been in the news repeatedly due to its strategic, industrial and scientific…
India Wins Maiden Squash World Cup Title
INDIA CLINCHES MAIDEN SQUASH WORLD CUP TITLE IN HISTORIC TRIUMPH Chennai, 14 December 2025: In a…
50 Years of CITES : A Milestone in Global Wildlife Conservation
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years of its adoption in 2023 (signed in March 1973) and 50 years of…
SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING (SSW): WHAT INDIA & THE WORLD SHOULD WATCH
In recent weeks, climatologists have flagged a renewed Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event unfolding high above the Arctic — a development that could reshape weather patterns not only in the…
HINDU RATE OF GROWTH
The Prime Minister criticised the expression *“Hindu rate of growth”*, describing it as a colonial and communalising term that wrongly linked India’s earlier economic stagnation to Hindu identity and culture.…