May 07, 2026
18 articles published on this date
From Western Disturbance to El Niño: The climate terms you’re hearing this summer, explained
As summer intensifies across India, several climate terms — Western Disturbance, El Niño, La Niña, Indian Ocean Dipole, heatwave — have become part of everyd...
Farm suicides dipped marginally in 2024, but continue at rate of one every hour in India: NCRB
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released its Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 2024 report on 7 May 2026, recording 10,546 farm sector ...
Indian Ocean challenges must be met with cooperation, transparency: Union Shipping Minister
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways addressed the 10th Indian Ocean Dialogue, organised under the auspices of the Indian Ocean Rim Associatio...
Indian space-tech company Skyroot Aerospace becomes unicorn
Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based private space-tech startup, achieved unicorn status (valuation exceeding $1 billion / ₹8,300 crore) after completing a m...
Iran’s Araghchi unlikely at BRICS foreign ministers’ meet next week in Delhi, his deputy to attend
India is hosting the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting on May 14–15, 2026, in New Delhi, under its 2026 BRICS chairmanship theme "Building for Resilience, Inn...
PM Employment Generation Programme generates 36.33 lakh jobs, helps set up over 4 lakh micro-enterprises in five years
The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) created 36.33 lakh jobs and established 4,03,706 micro-enterprises over the five-year period of ...
Nationwide ban soon on herbicide Paraquat Dichloride over toxicity concerns, health risks
The Central government is preparing to impose a nationwide ban on Paraquat Dichloride, a widely used non-selective contact herbicide, citing documented risks...
Philippines warns Chinese research ship in disputed waters
The Philippine Coast Guard on 7 May 2026 reported that it had spotted the Chinese oceanographic research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 33 anchored approximately 7.3...
SC asks if there was a 'proper debate' in Parliament before enacting CEC/EC appointments law
The Supreme Court, while hearing a challenge to the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term...
Repatriation of illegal Bangladeshis is a ‘core issue’: MEA response to Dhaka’s remarks on ‘push-in’ from India
India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described the repatriation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants as a "core issue" in bilateral relations, calling on ...
Centre launches scheme for free health check-ups for workers
The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment launched a nationwide free annual health check-up initiative for workers covered under the Employees' State Insur...
Broad-based sector stress drove ECLGS 5.0 rollout, says finance secretary
The Union Cabinet approved the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0 (ECLGS 5.0) with a guarantee outlay of ₹18,100 crore, designed to unlock additional...
India will shape the battlefield if challenged again: armed forces on Operation Sindoor
On the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor (launched May 7, 2025), senior military leadership addressed media at the Joint Commanders' Conference in Jaipu...
Parliamentary panel to review domestic output of petroleum products on 15 May
India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas is scheduled to review the domestic production and supply of petroleum products, includ...
India-EU FTA to cover one-third of global trade, impacts 2 billion people: Commerce Ministry
The India-EU Free Trade Agreement, concluded on 27 January 2026 at Hyderabad House in New Delhi after nearly two decades of negotiations, has emerged as a fo...
Karnataka to approach SC seeking permission to continue MGNREGA
The Karnataka Cabinet resolved to petition the Supreme Court for permission to continue implementing MGNREGA within the state after Parliament repealed the l...
West Bengal: Governor RN Ravi dissolves Mamata cabinet; paves way for new BJP government formation
The Governor of West Bengal dissolved the Council of Ministers following the Bharatiya Janata Party's decisive victory in the state assembly elections, pavin...
Govt issues uniform guideline for measuring states' GDP with revised base year of 2022-23
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released uniform guidelines for all states and Union Territories to compile Gross State Domes...