April 25, 2026
15 articles published on this date
Skyroot flags-off Vikram-1, India’s first private orbital launch soon
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket was formally flagged off from its manufacturing facility (Max-Q campus) in Hyderabad on April 25, 2026, and dispatched to...
Ashok Lahiri is new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, 4 new members also appointed
The central government reconstituted the NITI Aayog, appointing veteran economist Ashok Kumar Lahiri as Vice Chairperson, replacing Suman Bery. Four new full...
Meant to protect free speech from anti-defection law, ‘merger’ is now a defence for joining a rival party
A recent constitutional controversy has brought fresh scrutiny to Paragraph 4 of the Tenth Schedule — the "merger" exception to the anti-defection law — as l...
44 million unknown variants: What India's Genome Project found, and why it matters
The Genome India Project (GIP), coordinated by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has completed the whole-genome sequencing of 10,000 Indians...
U.S. sanctions waiver on Chabahar port ends on April 26, could signal end of 23-year-old connectivity project
The US Treasury Department's sanctions waiver covering India's operations at Iran's Chabahar port expired on April 26, 2026, raising serious questions about ...
RBI cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence citing rule violations
The Reserve Bank of India formally cancelled the banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank Limited on April 24, 2026, under Section 22(4) of the Banking Regulat...
Aksai Chin for Arunachal: Ex-Indian Army chief Naravane backs revival of 1950s China offer on border row
A former Chief of Army Staff, in a recent interview, advocated for reviving a late-1950s Chinese proposal suggesting India accept China's administrative cont...
DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability
DRDO's Chairman unveiled two variants — tracked and wheeled — of advanced amphibious battle platforms at the Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (...
WHO approves first malaria treatment for infants
The World Health Organization granted prequalification status to Coartem Baby (artemether-lumefantrine), the first antimalarial formulation specifically desi...
China acquired capacity to build 50 nuclear power reactors simultaneously: Official report
A blue book released by the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) in April 2026 confirmed that China's total installed nuclear power capacity has reached 1...
Climate-resilient farming in the age of extremes
As extreme weather events — droughts, unseasonal rains, heatwaves, and floods — grow more frequent and unpredictable, Indian agriculture faces an existential...
A tangled tale of Tangail: How sarees wove a diplomatic knot between India and Bangladesh
A saree exhibition at Bangladesh's High Commission in New Delhi sparked diplomatic tension when India allegedly declined permission to use the Travancore Hou...
Merger of AAP MPs with BJP before party's merger 'unconstitutional': Kapil Sibal
Seven Rajya Sabha members of the Aam Aadmi Party, led by Raghav Chadha, announced their merger with the Bharatiya Janata Party on April 24, 2026, claiming th...
'New chapter in India-New Zealand economic ties': Piyush Goyal as FTA nears signing
India and New Zealand signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on April 27, 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, following a meeting of the India-New Zealand Busin...
‘Spillage to open reactor’ phase kicks off at Kudankulam nuclear plant’s unit 3
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) Unit 3 has commenced the "spillage to open reactor" phase — a critical pre-commissioning activity. The phase involves ...