Geography

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...

Researchers at Stanford University published the first comprehensive global map of rare continental mantle earthquakes in the journal *Science* (February 202...

The Union Budget 2026-27 positions the Eastern Coastal Region as central to India's nuclear and marine development roadmap Odisha has been designated as one ...

The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) launched three new ocean information services on its 27th Foundation Day (9 February 2026)...

India plans to establish a Rs 300-crore Regional Service Centre (RSC) at Vijaynagar on Swaraj Dweep in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to strengthen tsunami ...

The Indian Vegetable Oil Producers' Association (IVPA) estimated India's domestic edible oil production at 9.6 million tonnes in the 2025-26 marketing year (...

The Tamil Nadu government has slowed the land acquisition process for the proposed Hosur greenfield airport in Krishnagiri district, though the project remai...

Indian Railways is planning to launch a new Vande Bharat Express service connecting Bengaluru and Mangaluru, with extension to Karwar along Karnataka's coast...

Karnataka's political leaders, including Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, have urged the Centre to approve a third high-speed rai...

Scientists from the UK and South Korea reached the most inaccessible part of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica in early February 2026 to drill one kilometr...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, inaugurating the Advantage Vidarbha 2026 summit in Nagpur, stated that nearly 75% of Maharashtra's mineral reserves are located...

According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, Jammu and Kashmir has harnessed only 3,540 MW — approximately 24% — of its identified hydropower potential of 14,86...

Union Budget 2026-27 announced a Dedicated Rare Earth Mineral Corridor linking four coastal mineral-rich states — Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil N...

Union Budget 2026-27 announced a ₹10,000 crore Container Manufacturing Assistance Scheme, directly targeting India's near-total dependence on Chinese-made sh...

Union Budget 2026-27 granted full exemption of Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on capital goods imported for processing critical minerals, including rare earth elem...

Union Budget 2026-27 reinforced the government's multi-year "mega connectivity" programme, with Railways and road highways continuing as the primary drivers ...

Lonar Lake in Buldhana district, Maharashtra — India's only known basaltic meteor impact crater and a Ramsar-designated wetland — faces an unprecedented ecol...

Union Budget 2026-27 announced the creation of dedicated Rare Earth Corridors in Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu — integrated industrial value...

Union Budget 2026-27 announced seven new high-speed rail corridors connecting major city pairs as "growth connectors," with a total projected investment of R...