The policy identifies Machilipatnam as one of Andhra Pradesh’s new greenfield ports and specifically includes it among locations where shipyard development can be taken up as part of the state’s wider maritime industrial strategy.
Under the revised framework, travellers from 60 countries and territories will be eligible for visa-free entry for tourism for up to 30 days. Thailand is simultaneously abolishing the existing 60-day exemption scheme that had covered 93 countries and territories.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J. P. Nadda, speaking at the 79th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia in Timor-Leste on September 8, 2026, said the number of medical colleges in India has increased from 387 in 2014 to 858 at present.
Nearly 70 Indian competitors will participate, while the country will make its debut in 11 skill categories, reflecting the widening scope of India’s vocational training and its growing emphasis on advanced technologies, specialised services and future-oriented industries.
A team of researchers from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, -an autonomous institute under Department of Science and Technology (DST), integrated a naturally occurring amino acid (aspartic acid) with a light-absorbing organic molecule, perylene diimide (PDI) and allowed the molecules to spontaneously organize themselves through supramolecular self-assembly.
Growth has not been limited to the number of viewers. India’s active paid OTT subscriptions increased by around 16% to 172.6 million in 2026, reflecting a steadily expanding market for subscription-based digital entertainment.
Strofes Technologies says it has received a work order to install long-range camera surveillance for cheetah monitoring at Virangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve, marking another deployment of Indian-built monitoring technology in a protected area being prepared for the future expansion of Project Cheetah.
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences specifically associates osteoarthritis with Sandhigata Vata and describes pain, swelling and restricted movement as common features. Modern medicine similarly defines osteoarthritis as a condition involving progressive changes in joint cartilage and surrounding tissues that can produce pain, stiffness and reduced mobility.
Bharukachchha was also situated at one of western India’s most important natural gateways. The Narmada flows westward across the subcontinent and reaches the sea through the Bharuch region, connecting the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Khambhat with routes extending deep into central India. Centuries after the Mahabharata tradition, the same city became famous to Greek and Roman merchants as Barygaza, one of the major international ports described in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.
The jackal in this story had not always lived as an animal. Bhishma explains that in an earlier birth he had been a cruel king named Paurika. Because of his past actions, he was eventually reborn as a jackal. Unlike the other jackals around him, however, he remembered something of his previous existence and became deeply remorsef
