Saturday, 20 June 2026

The government has approved seven new high-speed rail (bullet train) corridors, expanding the network well beyond the Mumbai-Ahmedabad line.

President Murmu and PM Modi jointly launched over Rs 47,600 crore of development projects at Rairangpur, marking two years of the Odisha government.

The 23rd PM-KISAN instalment was disbursed from West Bengal, transferring Rs 18,880 crore to over 9.44 crore farmers.

A proposed scheme will offer production-linked incentives and capital-goods duty waivers for lithium and nickel processing in India.

SEBI's new GARUDA mechanism lets eligible AIFs start fundraising in 10 working days instead of 30.

Top Indian banks are tapping RBI's fixed-rate swap incentive to raise over $2 billion in external commercial borrowings.

SBI Funds Management, India's largest mutual fund house, has secured SEBI approval for an IPO via an Offer for Sale.

Fifteen foreign universities have received approval to establish campuses in India under the UGC's foreign-university initiative and NEP 2020.

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said India cut TB incidence by about 23% over a decade and urged states to intensify the 100-day TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.

Eminent Malayalam poet and critic P. Narayana Kurup, a Padma Shri awardee, died in Thiruvananthapuram at 92.

World Refugee Day, observed every June 20, honours refugees worldwide; UNHCR's 2026 data shows shifting global displacement trends.

Neeraj Chopra and Parul Chaudhary were named Best Male and Female Athletes at the first-ever Indian Athletics Awards in New Delhi.

A Rs 19,700-crore CCUS scheme has cleared a key approval and is expected to attract Rs 37,500 crore of investment and create 7 million tonnes a year of carbon-capture capacity.