The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, a constituent board of the Quality Council of India, unveiled the new scheme under its Integrated Assessment Programme during the “Gunvatta Samanvaya – A Multilateral MoU Exchange Ceremony” held at Hotel Ashoka in New Delhi.
The latest expansion includes nine land ports and two airports, taking the total number of designated international entry points for e-Visa holders to 88. These now comprise 37 airports, 38 seaports and 13 land ports, significantly broadening the geographical reach of India’s electronic visa system.
The accepted botanical species is Vitex negundo L., presently placed in the family Lamiaceae. Kew describes it as a shrub or small tree native across a vast region extending from eastern Africa and Iran through the Indian subcontinent to East and Southeast Asia. India forms an important part of its natural distribution.
The ozone layer, which protects life on Earth by absorbing harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, normally reaches its maximum concentration at altitudes of about 25–30 km. Researchers have been trying to understand how atmospheric circulation and dynamical processes influence the distribution of ozone in the stratosphere over the Indian region.
They were the Eight Vasus, radiant deities associated with the fundamental powers of nature. They moved freely through heaven and earth, untouched by age, disease or sorrow. Their bodies shone with celestial light, and wherever they travelled, the air became fragrant and the sky seemed brighter.
The development of the new National Curriculum Frameworks involved one of the largest education consultation exercises undertaken in the country. A National Steering Committee adopted a bottom-up approach to gather views from teachers, students, parents, educationists, scholars, subject experts, educational institutions, Anganwadi personnel, neo-literates and non-literates across States and Union Territories.
In the Mahabharata, territories identified with southern and eastern Kosala appear particularly during Sahadeva’s southern Digvijaya, the military expedition undertaken before Yudhishthira’s Rajasuya Yajna.
PAIMANA — Project Assessment, Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-Building — was launched on 25 September 2025 as a web-based platform for monitoring Central Sector infrastructure projects costing ₹150 crore or more. It replaced the older Online Computerized Monitoring System, or OCMS-2006, and is designed to provide a more modern system for tracking project costs, expenditure, physical progress, timelines and implementation issues.
The company’s work represents an important branch of India’s emerging bioeconomy. Instead of depending entirely on farmland, fisheries or conventional chemical feedstocks, String Bio is exploring how biological manufacturing can produce useful materials inside controlled fermentation facilities.
The shipment represents the first export of mustard honey from the region and opens a new international market channel for local beekeepers and farmers associated with the FPO. The initiative is expected to encourage organised production, value addition and export-oriented apiculture while strengthening Tripura’s presence in the global agricultural market.
