Geography
Physical geography, resources, disasters and urbanisation
Climate to civic bodies, how Kerala’s pioneering Urban Policy looks to define its urbanisation journey
Kerala's Cabinet approved India's first state-level comprehensive Urban Policy on February 13, 2026, making it the pioneering state to formally frame such a ...
As NGT clears Great Nicobar project, a look at its strategic importance and ecological fallout
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) cleared the Rs 92,000 crore Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project on February 16, 2026, upholding environmental ...
Centre to bring 1,954 border villages under development scheme
The Central Government announced the expansion of the Vibrant Village Programme (VVP) to cover 1,954 border villages, extending beyond the original China bor...
India sugar output seen lower than forecast, curbing exports
India's sugar output estimate for the 2025-26 season (October–September) has been revised sharply downward, with the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA...
India's sugar output likely to reduce
India's sugar production for the 2025-26 season has been revised downward by 4.4% to approximately 28.3 million tonnes (from an earlier estimate of 29.6 mill...
Shahpurkandi Dam set for commissioning, Ravi waters to boost irrigation in Jammu and Punjab
The Shahpurkandi Dam on the Ravi River in Pathankot district, Punjab, is set for commissioning after nearly three decades of construction delays, with operat...
Weather extremes continue to hit saffron production despite revival push in J&K
Agriculture experts have flagged that extreme weather events continue to severely impact saffron cultivation in Jammu and Kashmir, undermining government rev...
Why Kerala declared tidal flooding a State-specific disaster | Explained
Kerala became the first Indian state to officially declare tidal flooding a "State-specific disaster," making victims eligible for financial assistance from ...
India’s next big power move is set to unfold in the Bay of Bengal
India is set to launch construction on the Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) cleared it, signaling Ind...
Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva for talks as IRGC begins live-fire drills near Strait of Hormuz
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Geneva for a second round of nuclear talks with the United States, meeting IAEA Director General Rafael Gr...
Cabinet OKs India’s 1st underwater road-cum-rail tunnel in Assam
The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 18,662-crore project to construct a four-lane access-controlled greenfield corridor between Gohpur and Numaligarh in Assam, f...
Plane carrying PM Modi makes history, lands on Highway in Assam | Northeast Infra growth story
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 14, 2026 activated and inaugurated the Northeast's first Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) — a 4.2-kilometre reinforc...
India’s first underwater twin-tube Road-cum-Rail tunnel in Assam: Here’s how this project could transform Northeast connectivity
The Union Cabinet approved India's first twin-tube underwater road-cum-rail tunnel beneath the Brahmaputra River, connecting Gohpur (NH-15) to Numaligarh (NH...
PM Modi lands on Northeast’s first Emergency Landing Facility in Assam. Here’s why it is important
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Northeast's first Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on February 14, 2026, by making a historic landing in a C-130...
Cabinet approves three multi-tracking railway projects
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved three multi-tracking railway projects at a total cost of approximately Rs 18,509 crore, adding abou...
NISAR to deliver 100m soil moisture data every 13 days across India: ISRO
ISRO announced that the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite is now generating 100-metre resolution soil moisture data across India with a re...
PM Modi witnesses IAF aerial show at emergency landing facility in Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran Bypass stretch of National Highway in Dibrugarh district, Assam, o...
Kerala writes to Centre to undertake feasibility study for RRTS
The Kerala government has written to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs requesting facilitation of discussions with the National Capital Region ...
Global trade tensions raise strategic value of African minerals, report says
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) released a report highlighting Africa's mineral wealth of approximately $29.5 trillion in mine-site value, of which $8.6...
Watch: Modi makes historic landing at Emergency Landing Facility in Assam
India's first Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) in the northeast region was inaugurated on the Moran Bypass stretch of National Highway-37 in Dibrugarh distri...