Coal dispatch posted an even stronger performance, rising 17.34% year-on-year to 86.33 MT (provisional), compared with 73.57 MT during the corresponding month last year. The Ministry of Coal attributed the growth to its continued focus on ensuring a stable coal supply and improving operational efficiency across the sector.
Officially known as Sree Thricherumanna alias Kottiyoor Devaswom, the pilgrimage centre is celebrated for a ritual tradition in which river, forest, monsoon and temporary architecture become inseparable from worship. Akkare Kottiyoor has no conventional stone sanctum, monumental gateway or permanent roof over the principal deity. Instead, devotees worship a swayambhu Shiva linga at the Manithara, a raised platform surrounded by the waters of the sacred Thiruvanchira.
Jerdon’s Courser belongs to the family Glareolidae, which includes coursers and pratincoles. It is the only member of the genus Rhinoptilus occurring in India; the other members of the genus are found in Africa.
In time, Kadru laid a thousand eggs, while Vinata laid two. Five hundred years passed before Kadru’s eggs broke open, releasing a vast race of serpents—the Nagas. They emerged in countless forms, gleaming like polished metal, their hoods marked with strange patterns and their eyes bright with ancient intelligence.
The initiative was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address in August 2025. The government subsequently began advancing offshore exploration programmes in areas including the Andaman Sea and the eastern continental margin.
Published across 22 volumes, the Catalogue of Lepidoptera of India records 13,703 species belonging to 3,705 genera, 240 subfamilies, 102 families and 31 superfamilies. The documented Indian species represent approximately 8.25% of the known Lepidoptera diversity of the world.
The 16-coach prototype, designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, began its formal trials on July 29, 2026, in the Kota Division of West Central Railway. The Research Designs and Standards Organisation is conducting the extensive evaluation programme along the Kota–Nagda–Sawai Madhopur corridor.
Its most distinctive project is JAL, a microwave-plasma thruster that uses water as its propellant. Instead of carrying highly toxic chemicals or relying entirely on expensive noble gases, the system is designed to convert water into an electrically energised plasma and expel it at high velocity to manoeuvre a spacecraft.
The new radome has been developed by DRDO’s Research and Development Establishment (Engineers), or R&DE(E), in Pune. Once cleared after flight trials, it is expected to replace the imported radome presently used on the Tejas Mk1A and support the expanding production requirements of the fighter aircraft.
Located only a few kilometres from Mananthavady, Valliyoorkavu is both a neighbourhood temple and a major regional pilgrimage destination. Its annual festival is regarded by the temple administration as the largest temple celebration in Wayanad and brings together devotees from different communities across the district.
