Madhya Pradesh’s GI-tagged Jumbo Custard Apple from Seoni district is being exported to Dubai for the first time under the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative.
Russia test-fired the Bulava (RSM-56) ICBM from the submerged submarine Generalissimo Suvorov in the Sea of Okhotsk; it has a range of over 8,000 km and can carry multiple nuclear warheads.
Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) discovered Allocaecilius nilgiriensis, a new barklice species in the Nilgiri Mountains of the Western Ghats across Tamil Nadu and Kerala, marking the second recorded occurrence of the genus in India and increasing its worldwide total to 13 species.
India is hosting the first joint maritime security exercise of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) at Sri Vijaya Puram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
England and Arsenal footballer Bukayo Saka won the 2026 Socrates Award at the Ballon d’Or ceremony in London for his humanitarian and charitable work.