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Hidden Pollinators of Bengal: ZSI Scientists Discover Two New Hoverfly Species After a Century

The discovery was made by researchers associated with the Zoological Survey of India in Kolkata. The study was carried out by Bristi Roy, Oishik Kar and Jayita Sengupta, with scientific guidance from senior ZSI experts including Dhriti Banerjee and Atanu Naskar. The findings were published in the European Journal of Taxonomy, giving the discovery international scientific recognition.

UPSC Uses Face Authentication Across 2,072 Venues: A New Security Layer for India’s Civil Services Examination

The core purpose of the system is simple and powerful: the candidate who uploaded the photograph during the application process must be the same person who appears at the examination hall with the admit card. This directly targets impersonation, proxy attendance and identity fraud, which are among the most serious threats to the credibility of high-stakes competitive examinations.

India’s Steel Output Sustains Growth in May 2026 as Demand From Infrastructure and Manufacturing Stays Strong

The April–May 2026 period also showed steady expansion. Crude steel production reached 28.04 million tonnes, compared with 27.30 million tonnes during April–May 2025. Finished steel production stood at 27.36 million tonnes, growing 6.4 percent over the corresponding period last year. Finished steel consumption also reached 27.36 million tonnes, showing 8.7 percent growth, supported by construction, infrastructure and manufacturing demand.

PM Surya Ghar Pushes India’s Rooftop Solar Mission Towards 75 Lakh Homes by December 2026

The announcement came during the event “Two years of PM Suryaghar Muft Bijli Yojana: Scaling the solar home to 1 crore rooftops,” where the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy reviewed the progress of one of India’s most ambitious residential clean-energy programmes. The scheme was launched on 13 February 2024 with an outlay of ₹75,021 crore and has now become the world’s largest domestic rooftop solar programme.

Indian Companies Are Entering a New Era as Global Brand Owners in the United States

For decades, India’s global identity was built around software talent, back-office services, Bollywood, pharmaceuticals, textiles and a large skilled workforce. That image is now expanding. Indian companies are beginning to enter international markets as owners of consumer-facing platforms, hospitality chains, digital businesses, food brands, manufacturing companies and service networks. The United States is becoming one of the most important stages for this transformation because success there gives a company global credibility, scale and visibility.

Kodaikanal Solar Observatory’s 100-Year Data Reveals New Clues to the Sun’s 11-Year Activity Cycle

The Sun’s outer layers behave like a vast ocean of moving plasma. Energy produced deep inside the Sun travels outward through convection, creating visible surface patterns. Smaller cells appear as granulation, while much larger structures form what scientists call supergranulation. These supergranular network cells are enormous by earthly standards, measuring around 30,000 km across, with cooler lane-like regions of nearly 6,000 km. Each network cell survives for roughly 24 hours, constantly reshaping the solar surface.

ESIC Opens MBBS, BDS and B.Sc. Nursing Admissions for Children of Insured Workers

For 2026–27, a total of 783 seats have been provisionally earmarked across 22 medical, dental and nursing institutions in the country. This includes 695 MBBS seats, 28 BDS seats and 60 B.Sc. Nursing seats. These seats are available in ESIC Medical Colleges and selected State Government Medical Colleges where places have been reserved for eligible wards of insured persons.

India’s Seventh Regional Meteorological Centre in Jammu: A New Weather Shield for the Himalayas

The Jammu centre represents more than an administrative expansion of the India Meteorological Department. It is a strategic weather hub for one of India’s most sensitive and geographically demanding zones. The Himalayan belt faces cloudbursts, flash floods, avalanches, heavy snowfall, thunderstorms, landslides and sudden temperature changes. These events affect pilgrims, farmers, transport networks, hydropower projects, security forces, tourists and disaster-response agencies. A dedicated regional centre in Jammu gives the area a closer, sharper and more specialised forecasting system.

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