Kalpana Soren has received the Women Empowerment Trailblazer Award at the BRICS CCI WE (BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry Women Empowerment) Annual Women Summit 2026 held in New Delhi.
National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) successfully tested an indigenous Floating LiDAR Buoy System off the Muttom coast in Tamil Nadu.
It is an advanced ocean-based platform that uses Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to measure high-resolution wind profiles and meteorological data over the sea.
Karnataka Grameen Bank won the National Award for Outstanding Performance in Self-Help Group Bank Linkage for 2024–25.
The first National Indoor Athletics Championships began at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started the Vayu Baan project to develop India’s first helicopter-launched drone system.
It is a small autonomous drone dropped from a moving helicopter and used for surveillance or attack.
World Tuberculosis Day is observed annually on 24 March to highlight the global burden of Tuberculosis (TB).
The theme for 2026 is “Yes! We Can End TB: Led by countries, powered by people.”