CSIR-NPL opens National Environmental Standard Laboratory
Pollution monitors and solar cells are only as reliable as their calibration. This is quiet but important infrastructure.
5 Jan 2026By GS Paper
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NBS rates for rabi 2025-26: ₹37,952 crore
NBS exists to push balanced use of nutrients. Read the subsidy bill and the output figures together.
5 Jan 2026
Railways spend 80.5% of capex by December
Steady capex spending is a sign of execution capacity; keep the figure for public investment answers.
5 Jan 2026
Design Linked Incentive scheme: 24 chip design projects
Fabs get the headlines, but design is where India already has talent. DLI is the cheaper lever.
4 Jan 2026
DSIR drops three-year rule for deep-tech startups
Deep-tech firms need support early, before they have a track record. The age rule kept them out when help mattered most.
4 Jan 2026
India on Venezuela: “deep concern”, call for dialogue
This is India's usual line in a crisis far away: concern, dialogue, and care for its own citizens first. Note the wording; it is chosen to avoid taking sides.
4 Jan 2026
Piprahwa relics exposition opens in Delhi
Repatriation of heritage is now a steady theme; link this to the July 2025 return of the relics.
3 Jan 2026
ECINet app: index cards within 72 hours
Faster, single-window election data is a transparency gain. Keep it in mind for answers on electoral reform.
3 Jan 2026
Delhi’s cleanest year on record for particulates, barring 2020
A better year is not a clean year. Quote the trend from 2018, not a single number.
2 Jan 2026
ECMS third tranche: 22 proposals, ₹41,863 crore
Components are where the value addition lies. ECMS targets them rather than final assembly.
2 Jan 2026