Daily Current Affairs
18 Mar 2026
India’s carbon credit plan: CCUS vs agricultural carbon markets
ContextThe Union Budget 2026 announced a ₹20,000 crore “carbon credit programme”, creating confusion about its actual purpose. While public disc...
Read More →Supreme Court judgment on adoptive mothers’ maternity leave
ContextThe Supreme Court of India recently delivered a significant judgment expanding maternity benefits to adoptive mothers. The case challenged Sect...
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Belém summit and the new model of forest finance
Why in newsAt the climate summit held in Belém (November 2025), Brazil proposed a new forest finance mechanism called the Tropical Forest Forever Fac...
Read More →Sahitya Akademi Awards 2025 announced
Why in newsThe Sahitya Akademi announced the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2025 for works in 24 recognised Indian languages.The announcement came after a del...
Read More →Freshwater crab with both male and female traits discovered in Silent Valley
Why in newsResearchers discovered a freshwater crab exhibiting both male and female biological traits in Silent Valley National Park, part of the West...
Read More →ASI allows excavations at Keeladi and seven other sites in Tamil Nadu
Why in newsThe Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has granted permission to the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) to conduct excava...
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