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The service has been made available free of cost through the Aadhaar App from 1 July 2026 for a period of six months. The initiative is aimed at improving resident convenience and expanding access to Aadhaar services through secure digital platforms. It also reflects UIDAI’s continued focus on people-friendly digital governance under the broader vision of Digital India and Viksit Bharat.
The outcome was not accidental. It was the result of years of preparation, diversified sourcing, refinery flexibility, emergency regulation, consumer protection measures and coordinated work between the Centre, oil marketing companies, refineries, state governments and infrastructure regulators.
The Indian Antarctic Act provides India with a legal and regulatory framework for activities carried out in Antarctica. It supports the country’s scientific, environmental and administrative responsibilities in the Antarctic region and ensures that Indian activities there follow a structured legal mechanism.
Built to improve ease of living, the Aadhaar App allows residents to complete important Aadhaar-related tasks without depending entirely on physical visits. One of its most widely used services has been mobile number updating. So far, nearly 40 lakh people have updated their mobile numbers through the app, showing its growing role in simplifying a service that is essential for Aadhaar-linked authentication, digital payments, government benefits and online verification.
Vivek Aggarwal, a senior Indian Administrative Service officer currently serving as Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, has been elected to the post for the term from July 2026 to June 2027. His selection was approved during the FATF Plenary, the organization’s highest decision-making forum.
The restoration drive has delivered benefits that extend beyond environmental conservation. Large-scale projects have created substantial employment opportunities in rural areas, providing income support to communities while improving soil health, water availability, and agricultural productivity. Government programmes focused on watershed development, afforestation, and natural resource management have played a crucial role in achieving these outcomes.
With this latest approval, the total number of houses sanctioned under PMAY-Urban 2.0 has crossed 16.13 lakh. The newly approved houses cover 16 states, with around 1.89 lakh houses under the Beneficiary-Led Construction vertical and more than 23,000 houses under the Affordable Housing in Partnership vertical.
The Face Challenge was won by Innovatrics of Slovakia, followed by IDBio from the United States and Neurotechnology of Lithuania. In the Iris Challenge, IDBio secured the first position, followed by Neurotechnology and Innovatrics. The result shows that UIDAI’s benchmarking platform attracted high-quality international participation while also giving Indian companies and institutions a chance to test their capabilities against global systems.
The milestone is being discussed in relation to India’s post-election prime ministerial record. Reports note that on 10 June 2026, Prime Minister Modi completes 4,399 consecutive days in office as Prime Minister, moving past Jawaharlal Nehru’s elected-era uninterrupted record of 4,398 days after India’s first general elections.
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.
