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- The FASTag Annual Pass crossed one crore issued passes on 28 September 2026 and is available only for private, non-commercial vehicles with a valid FASTag, activated through the Rajmargyatra app or NHAI website.
- The pass was launched on 15 August 2025 by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
- Mandar, a traditional folk percussion instrument of Jharkhand, received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai.
- Mandar has a cylindrical red-clay body with leather-covered openings of different sizes on both ends and is used in Jharkhand’s tribal and folk music.
- Researchers identified Pygoscelis kerguelensis as a new gentoo penguin species from the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, making it the first new penguin species recognised in over 100 years.
- Jawahar Dweep Marine Oil Terminal in Mumbai, also known as Butcher Island, was declared India’s first plastic-free oil terminal.
- Ladakh sent its first consignment of 15,000 A-grade Lilium stems from KBR Airport, Leh, grown in Choglamsar’s 10,600-ft (3,265-m) flower field, described as the world’s highest-altitude flower field with over 25 lakh Liliums, to major Indian markets.
- Wildlife Week is celebrated annually in India to promote awareness and protection of wildlife and their habitats, and was first started in 1952.
- The theme for the year 2026 is “Connecting Habitats and Thriving Wildlife.”
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