'The Chhattisgarh government recognised, for the first time, the community forest resource (CFR) rights of a village located inside a national park.' Chhattisgarh is only the second state to have r Read More...

'Kolkata is the first metro city in the country to prepare a detailed register of biodiversity.' Kolkata Municipal Corporation released the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR), a document wi Read More...

'India has joined the First Movers Coalition, a global initiative aimed at decarbonising the heavy industry and long-distance transport sectors responsible for 30 per cent of global emissions, US Spec Read More...

' Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog  organised 'National Outreach Meet' for the second edition of the Atal New India Challenge (ANIC) at International Centre Goa, hosted by AIC-GIM Foundation. Read More...

'Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha and Union minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the north India's first Industrial Biotech Park constructed at Ghatti near Kathua.' On Read More...

'For the first time, children below 18 have been allowed entry to the Mumbai International Film Festival, the oldest and largest festivals of non-feature films in South Asia.' The 17th film festi Read More...

'Keeping in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision to provide every rural home with safe drinking water, the country has achieved the milestone of 50% rural households having acces Read More...

'The Indian Navy has decommissioned INS Gomati after 34 years in service recently.' The warship was inducted on April 16, 1988. The ship is the third of the Godavari class guided-missile frigates Read More...

'The International Everest Day is observed every year on 29 May. The day is celebrated with processions, memorial events, and special events in Kathmandu, Nepal and the Everest region.' The day i Read More...

'Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’ has become the first Hindi novel to win the International Booker Prize.' The translated Hindi novel has become the first book written in an Indi Read More...