Geography
Physical geography, resources, disasters and urbanisation
Only 6 states now have fertility rate above replacement level
India's national Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has declined to 2.0 as per NFHS-5 (2019–21), falling below the replacement level of 2.1 for the first time in Ind...
Hutti dazzles as gold prices soar in world market
Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited (HGML) — the only functioning primary gold producer in India — recorded a revenue increase of ₹633.34 crore more in 2025–26 ...
Why did Kerala scrap the SilverLine project?
The Kerala state government officially scrapped the SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project (also known as K-Rail) in May 2026, denotifying all land acquisit...
How Iran’s new transit regime tightens its grip over Strait of Hormuz — and leaves world in a dilemma
Iran established the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), a body mandated to manage ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz and collect passage fees from...
El Nino threat: Centre rolls out kharif contingency plan to shield crops
The Union Agriculture Ministry has directed state governments to activate district-level crop contingency plans to protect kharif output against an emerging ...
2 of 3 key India reservoirs have less than 40% water storage
The Central Water Commission (CWC) reported that storage across 166 monitored major dams had fallen to 33% of their combined live storage capacity of 183.565...
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...