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The Government of India has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff. He will succeed Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on 31 October 2026.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested an indigenous High-Altitude Platform on 6 October 2026. It reached 21 km and remained at 20 km altitude for over 30 minutes.
Jeffrey Archer was a renowned British novelist and former politician, best known for bestselling works such as Kane and Abel and his gripping storytelling.
RBI’s 5.5% repo rate and calibrated-tightening stance indicate greater concern about broadening price pressures and inflation expectations, not merely the latest headline inflation figure.
The growing social influence of AI raises two distinct but connected questions: which values should be embedded in AI systems, and whether human-like behaviour can justify claims of consciousness or moral status.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for their work on non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 and Chinese Revolution of 1949 transformed modern world politics by influencing socialism, anti-imperialism, labour movements and national liberation struggles.
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s annual demand for ecological resources exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate them. In 2026, it fell on July 30.
Scientists have identified Herugavialis cairensis, an extinct gavial-related crocodilian that lived around 45 million years ago in Egypt. The discovery provides important evidence about the ancient geographical distribution of gavials, Eocene biodiversity and the evolutionary history of the modern gharial.
The ‘State of Protein & Fibre in Urban India’ study highlights inadequate protein and fibre intake among urban respondents and a gap between nutritional awareness and actual dietary practices.
Global edible-oil prices are being pushed higher by biofuel blending mandates, El Niño-related production risks, war-disrupted logistics and high import dependence in countries such as India.
The wide gap between reported rabies deaths and modelled mortality estimates highlights the need for stronger surveillance, death certification and timely post-exposure prophylaxis before India can eliminate dog-mediated human rabies by 2030.
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