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Environment & Science

Research Initiatives

National Wildlife Week 2026 Observed Nationwide

8 Oct 2026

• WII Establishment: 1982
• WII Headquarters: Chandrabani, Dehradun
• Parent Ministry: MoEFCC

National Parks

Tigress T138 Reintroduced into West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve

3 Oct 2026

• Buxa Tiger Reserve: West Bengal
• Valmiki Tiger Reserve: West Champaran, Bihar
• Project Tiger Launched: 1973

Research Initiatives

TDB funds Agnikul Cosmos for Agnibaan Reusable Launch Vehicle.

2 Oct 2026

• TDB Full Form: Technology Development Board
• Company: Agnikul Cosmos Pvt Ltd
• Vehicle Name: Agnibaan Reusable Launch Vehicle

Space Missions

TDB Pledges ₹200 Crore Support to Agnikul Cosmos for Reusable Launch Vehicle

1 Oct 2026

• TDB Parent Department: Department of Science & Technology
• Agnikul Cosmos Base: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• DST Minister: Dr. Jitendra Singh

Wildlife Sanctuaries

Sonai-Rupai Sanctuary Highlighted for Elephant Return

30 Sep 2026

• Location: Sonitpur, Assam
• Notification Year: 1998
• Assam Capital: Dispur

Space Missions

ISRO and European Space Agency Extend Bilateral Space Pact Through 2032

29 Sep 2026

• ISRO Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• ESA Headquarters: Paris, France

Space Missions

TakeMe2Space Partners with SpaceX to Launch Orbit Data Centre in 2028

28 Sep 2026

• Startup Base: Hyderabad, India
• Launch Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
• Satellite Payload: Nvidia GPUs, 100 TB Storage

Space Missions

IN-SPACe Proposes Mandatory Rs 500 Crore Third-Party Insurance for Space Launch Operators

17 Aug 2026

• IN-SPACe: Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre
• Formation: 24 June 2020
• Headquarters: Bopal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Nodal Department: Department of Space, Government of India

Research Initiatives

Mizoram University's Natural History Museum Recognized as India's 21st Designated Repository

17 Aug 2026

• Statutory Authority: National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai
• Total Designated Repositories in India: 21
• Governing Act: Biological Diversity Act, 2002

Environment Policies

Assam's Borjuli Site Declared Biodiversity Heritage Site for Wild Rice Conservation

17 Aug 2026

• Scientific Name of Wild Rice: Oryza rufipogon
• ICAR-NBPGR: National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi
• Enacted Legislation: Biological Diversity Act, 2002

National Parks

Environment Ministry Designates 25 Tiger Reserves as 'Potential Recipient Sites' for Urgent Conservation

17 Aug 2026

• 51st Tiger Reserve: Srivilliputhur Megamalai (Tamil Nadu)
• 52nd Tiger Reserve: Ramgarh Vishdhari (Rajasthan)
• 53rd Tiger Reserve: Ranipur (Uttar Pradesh)
• 54th Tiger Reserve: Veerangana Durgavati (Madhya Pradesh)
• 55th Tiger Reserve: Dholpur - Karauli (Rajasthan)
• 56th Tiger Reserve: Guru Ghasidas - Tamor Pingla (Chhattisgarh)
• 57th Tiger Reserve: Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh)
• 58th Tiger Reserve: Madhav (Madhya Pradesh)

Climate Change

Ladakh Hosts Inaugural Black-Necked Crane Festival to Boost Species Protection

13 Aug 2026

• State Bird of Ladakh: Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis)
• IUCN Status of Black-necked Crane: Near Threatened (NT)
• Breeding Habitat: Changthang Cold Wildlife Sanctuary, Ladakh

Space Missions

NASA Extends Invitation to ISRO to Participate in Proposed Lunar Base Mission

12 Aug 2026

• ISRO Chairman: S. Somanath
• ISRO Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• NASA Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States

Research Initiatives

Meta Releases Open-Weight AI Model 'Muse Glimmer' for Multi-Step Autonomous Tasks

12 Aug 2026

• Meta CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
• Meta Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States

Climate Change

Typhoon Dolphin Causes Severe Disruption Across Eastern China

10 Aug 2026

• Typhoon Definition: Tropical cyclone occurring in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean
• Zhejiang Province Location: Eastern coast of China
• Okinawa Prefecture Location: Southernmost prefecture of Japan

Space Missions

SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Rocket Stage Lunar Impact Monitored by NASA

10 Aug 2026

• SpaceX CEO: Elon Musk
• NASA JPL Headquarters: Pasadena, California, USA
• Lunar Missions Involved: Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Firefly Aerospace) & Hakuto-R Mission 2 (ispace)

Space Missions

Astrobase Unveils 'EVEREST', India's First Privately Engineered Reusable Rocket Engine

8 Aug 2026

• Developer: Astrobase Space Technologies (Bengaluru)
• Engine Name: EVEREST
• Engine Type: Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) 800 kN engine

Research Initiatives

IIT Hyderabad Unveils 'ANUGYAN' Civil Nuclear Orientation Programme in Alliance with CEEPL

7 Aug 2026

• India's Nuclear Target: 100 GWe capacity by 2047 (Current capacity: ~8.8 GWe)
• Collaborating Hub: IIT Hyderabad, Dassault Systèmes, Crimson Energy Experts

Climate Change

Health Ministry Deploys Joint Outbreak Response Team for Chandipura Virus in Gujarat & Rajasthan

7 Aug 2026

• Discovered Year: 1965 in Chandipura Village, Nagpur District, Maharashtra
• Primary Vector: Sandfly (Phlebotomine)
• Gujarat CM: Bhupendra Patel | Rajasthan CM: Bhajan Lal Sharma

Research Initiatives

IIT Hyderabad Launches 'ANUGYAN' Nuclear Technology Training Initiative

7 Aug 2026

• Institute: IIT Hyderabad, Telangana
• Industry Partner: Crimson Energy Experts India Pvt Ltd
• Target Capacity: 100 GW Nuclear Power by 2047

Research Initiatives

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Recognized as WHO-SEARN Regional Centre of Excellence

6 Aug 2026

• IPC Headquarters: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
• SEARN: South-East Asia Regulatory Network
• WHO South-East Asia Regional Office Headquarters: New Delhi, India

Ramsar Sites

Glaw Lake Recognized as Arunachal Pradesh's Maiden Ramsar Site, India's Tally Reaches 101

5 Aug 2026

• Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change: Bhupender Yadav
• Ramsar Convention Signed: 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran
• Kamlang Tiger Reserve Location: Lohit/Namsai district, Arunachal Pradesh

Research Initiatives

India Unveils First Indigenous Vaccine 'MA-104' Against African Swine Fever

5 Aug 2026

• ICAR Headquarters: New Delhi
• ICAR-NIHSAD Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
• Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Wildlife Sanctuaries

Union Government Rolls Out Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan for Northeast India

5 Aug 2026

• IUCN Status of Clouded Leopard: Vulnerable
• Scientific Name of Clouded Leopard: Neofelis nebulosa
• Meghalaya State Animal: Clouded Leopard

Research Initiatives

Gujarat's Sacred Pithora Tribal Wall Art Secures Geographical Indication Status

4 Aug 2026

• GI tags in India are administered by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.

Ramsar Sites

Glaw Lake Designated as Arunachal Pradesh's First Ramsar Site, Taking India's Total Count to 101

4 Aug 2026

• Ramsar Convention signed: 1971 in Ramsar, Iran
• First Ramsar Site in the World: Cobourg Peninsula, Australia (1974)
• India's 100th Ramsar Site: Jay Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary (Surha Tal), UP
• Capital of Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar

Wildlife Sanctuaries

India Marks Global Tiger Day 2026 with Nearly 70% Share of World's Wild Tiger Population

30 Jul 2026

• Project Tiger Launched: 1973
• NTCA Headquarters: New Delhi
• Union Environment Minister: Bhupender Yadav

Climate Change

2nd Bharat Green Hydrogen Summit 2026 Convened in New Delhi to Fuel India's Energy Transition

30 Jul 2026

• FICCI Headquarters: New Delhi
• FICCI Founded: 1927
• Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy: Shripad Yesso Naik

Space Missions

SpaceX Completes 13th Starship Test Flight and Deploys Starlink V3 Satellites

29 Jul 2026

• SpaceX Establishment: 2002
• Chief Executive Officer: Elon Musk
• Headquarters: Starbase / Hawthorne, Texas, United States

Ramsar Sites

National Green Tribunal Issues Directives Over Ecological Decline of Kanwar Lake

27 Jul 2026

• Location of Kanwar Lake: Begusarai, Bihar
• Ramsar Status: First Ramsar Site in Bihar
• Geological Type: Freshwater Oxbow Lake

Research Initiatives

NCBS Launches 'InVenTree-meta' Database for Indian Forest Biodiversity

23 Jul 2026

• NCBS Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• NCBS Affiliation: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

Research Initiatives

Maharashtra Approves Rs 45-Crore AI-Enabled Bird Sanctuary at Bhandup

23 Jul 2026

• Capital of Maharashtra: Mumbai
• Governor of Maharashtra: Jishnu Dev Varma
• Chief Minister of Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis

Research Initiatives

Indian Team Secures Clean Sweep with 4 Gold Medals at 58th Chemistry Olympiad

20 Jul 2026

• IChO 2026 Host City: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• IBO 2026 Host City: Vilnius, Lithuania

Space Missions

Kerala-based Spacetech Startup HEX20 Successfully Deploys 'KOYO' Satellite

18 Jul 2026

• Satellite Name: KOYO (Kinetic Optical Yaw Observer)
• Launch Provider: SpaceX (Transporter-17 Mission)
• Collaboration Partner: National Central University (NCU), Taiwan

Space Missions

Indian-Origin NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Launches on 8-Month ISS Mission

15 Jul 2026

• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is the space agency of the United States, headquartered in Washington, D.C.
• Baikonur Cosmodrome, located in Kazakhstan, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility.
• Roscosmos is the state corporation responsible for space flights and cosmonautics programs for the Russian Federation.

Scientific Missions

First Flight Tests of India's Indigenous 'Saras Mk II' Slated for Late 2027-28

15 Jul 2026

• CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a state-owned aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Space Missions

Assam to Develop 'AssamSAT', India's First State-Owned Earth Observation Satellite System

14 Jul 2026

• Assam Capital: Dispur
• Assam Chief Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma
• Assam Governor: Lakshman Prasad Acharya

Space Missions

JAXA Successfully Completes Flight and Landing Tests of Reusable Rocket Prototype RV-X

13 Jul 2026

• JAXA Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
• Established: October 1, 2003
• President of JAXA: Hiroshi Yamakawa

Space Missions

ISRO Successfully Executes Parachute Airdrop Test for Gaganyaan Mission

11 Jul 2026

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was established on 15 August 1969.
• The headquarters of ISRO is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• S. Somanath is the Chairman of ISRO.

Space Missions

GalaxEye's Mission Drishti, World's First OptoSAR Satellite, Suffers Solar Storm Anomaly

8 Jul 2026

• GalaxEye Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Site: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
• OptoSAR combines: Electro-Optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

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