Geography
Physical geography, resources, disasters and urbanisation
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran's Hormuz authority claims control of waters south of UAE port
Iran's newly established Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) claimed control over waters south of the Strait of Hormuz, requiring all vessels transiting the...
ITA flags financial stress in India’s tea sector despite record 280 million kg exports
The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has flagged acute financial stress in India's tea sector despite the country recording a historic export of 280.40 million k...
Myanmar military claims recapture of Thai border town
Myanmar's military junta (Tatmadaw) announced on May 19, 2026 that it had retaken Mawtaung, a border trading town in the Tanintharyi Region adjacent to Thail...
Centre tells Supreme Court no new hydel projects should come up in upper Ganga
Three Union Ministries — Jal Shakti, Environment Forest and Climate Change, and Power — filed a joint affidavit before the Supreme Court stating the governme...
Not in favour of permitting new hydroelectric projects in upper Ganga, Centre tells Supreme Court
The Union government filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court on May 19, 2026, stating it is not in favour of permitting any new hydroelectric projects...
Expert Explains | How UAE’s exit from OPEC presents an opportunity for India’s strategic petroleum reserves
The United Arab Emirates announced its withdrawal from OPEC and the broader OPEC+ alliance, effective May 1, 2026 — the most significant defection in the car...
Hormuz crisis: Australian LNG to India will surge, says Australian High Commissioner
Australia's High Commissioner to India stated that Australian LNG could reach eastern India via crisis-free Indian Ocean routes, bypassing the blocked Strait...
PM Modi conferred Food and Agricultural Organisation's highest honour, Agricola Medal, for contribution to global food security
The FAO Agricola Medal — the Food and Agriculture Organization's highest honour — was conferred on India's head of government at a ceremony held at FAO headq...
Modi and Meloni outline road map for India-Italy strategic partnership
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Italy (May 19–21, 2026), India and Italy published a joint op-ed articulating a road map for an elevated strat...
Centre Bets Big on Brahmaputra as Economic Lifeline: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is scaling up efforts to transform the Brahmaputra river — designated National Waterway 2 (NW-2) — into an inte...
Italy & India: A Strategic Partnership For The Indo-Mediterranean
India and Italy elevated their bilateral relationship to a "Special Strategic Partnership," expanding cooperation across trade, defence, artificial intellige...
Rail-led industrial corridors
India's Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) has fundamentally shifted the economics of freight movement by providing high-speed, high-capacity, ele...
Kharif output dips by over 10% across states in El Niño years: Study
A recent study found that El Niño years cause kharif crop output to fall by more than 10% across numerous districts in multiple Indian states. Paddy (rice) a...
Great Nicobar project a recipe for ecological disaster: Jairam Ramesh
The Central government has been asserting strategic national interest as the primary justification for proceeding with the Holistic Development of Great Nico...
Shivraj wants an overhaul of ICAR’s 113 research institutes
The Union Minister for Agriculture has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and its 113 research institu...
Why PM Modi visited Netherlands’ Afsluitdijk dam: The Dutch model India may need
During the India-Netherlands bilateral visit in May 2026, the Indian Prime Minister toured the Afsluitdijk — the Netherlands' iconic 32-kilometre sea barrier...
India rejects Court of Arbitration’s pondage award on Indus Waters Treaty
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague issued an award on May 15, 2026, concerning maximum pondage limits on western rivers under the Indus Wa...
European countries in talks with Tehran for Hormuz transit: Report
Several European nations are reported to be in diplomatic talks with Iran to secure transit passage through the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping. Ira...
Farmers from Punjab protest at Mohali-Chandigarh boundary against Centre Government
Thousands of farmers from Punjab marched from Mohali to Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh on 15 May 2026, under the banner of Sanyukt Kissan Morcha (SKM) and allied o...
Iran’s Araghchi listening, Jaishankar calls for safe Hormuz transit
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in New Delhi for a three-day official visit — the first high-level diplomatic engagement from Tehran since the...