Geography
Physical geography, resources, disasters and urbanisation
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...
Centre’s nod for country’s first underwater road-cum-rail tunnel in Assam historic milestone: CM
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the construction of India's first twin-tube underwater road-cum-rail tunnel beneath the Brahmaputra...
Rs 3,000-cr new bridge over Brahmaputra river to boost urban mobility in Assam
A Rs 3,000 crore bridge -- the Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu -- spanning 1.24 km over the Brahmaputra River is set for inauguration on February 14, 2026, connecti...
Two crucial water projects in Jammu and Kashmir to move forward after Indus treaty suspension
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told the Legislative Assembly that work on two long-pending water projects will begin soon following the suspe...
India is set to get two new telescopes and upgrade one in Ladakh. Here’s how it will be a game-changer for astronomy
The Union Budget 2026-27 approved two new major telescope facilities in Ladakh — the National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) and the National Large Optical-Nea...
Chambal aqueduct set to facilitate water supply from river link project in Rajasthan
A 2.3-km-long aqueduct on the Chambal river in Rajasthan is under construction to facilitate drinking and irrigation water supply from the revised Parvati-Ka...
India likely to pursue critical minerals deals with Brazil, Canada, Europe
India is actively negotiating agreements with Brazil, Canada, France, and the Netherlands for joint exploration, extraction, processing, and recycling of cri...
January 2026 was the fifth-warmest globally despite record cold in Europe
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), January 2026 was the fifth-warmest January on record globally, with an average surface air temperat...
IWAI Facilitates ODC Movement via Inland Waterways to Boost Assam’s Semiconductor Ecosystem
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) facilitated the movement of a 189.26 metric tonne Over Dimensional Cargo (ODC) consignment crucial for Assam's...
January 2026 fifth warmest on record despite cold snap in Europe, North America
January 2026 was the fifth warmest January on record globally, measuring 1.47°C above the pre-industrial average (1850-1900 baseline), according to data from...
Scientists map rare earthquakes deep within Earth’s mantle for the first time
Researchers at Stanford University published the first comprehensive global map of rare continental mantle earthquakes in the journal *Science* (February 202...