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Delhi Ridge Gets Statutory Protection as Centre Reconstitutes DRMB

December 13, 2025

Delhi Ridge Management Board Reconstituted With Statutory Powers

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has reconstituted the Delhi Ridge Management Board (DRMB) with full statutory authority under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, complying with a directive of the Supreme Court. The move aims to strengthen protection of the Delhi Ridge—one of the capital’s most critical ecological assets—by placing regulation, enforcement and monitoring under a single empowered body.

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World Inequality Report 2026 Flags Extreme Income Gaps in India

December 13, 2025

World Inequality Report 2026 Highlights Sharp Rise in Income and Wealth Gaps in India

The World Inequality Report 2026 places India among the most unequal large economies in the world, warning that income and wealth concentration has reached levels comparable to the colonial era. While India’s economy has expanded rapidly, the report finds that the benefits of growth have accrued overwhelmingly to the richest sections of society.

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MTNL Pensioners to Shift to SAMPANN Digital Platform from December 2025

December 13, 2025

MTNL Pensioners to Be Onboarded on SAMPANN, Advancing Digital Pension Governance

The Controller General of Communication Accounts (CGCA) has initiated the onboarding of MTNL employees retiring in November 2025 onto the SAMPANN digital pension platform, marking a significant milestone in pension reforms under the Department of Telecommunications. The move aims to ensure seamless, paperless pension processing for both newly retiring and legacy MTNL pensioners in Delhi and Mumbai.

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Indian Scientists Develop GlowCas9 for Real-Time CRISPR Tracking

December 13, 2025

GlowCas9 Breakthrough Enables Real-Time Visualisation of Gene Editing in Living Cells

Scientists at the Bose Institute, Kolkata, have developed GlowCas9, a glowing version of the CRISPR gene-editing protein that allows researchers to observe genome editing in real time inside living cells. This innovation addresses a long-standing limitation in gene-editing research, where molecular activity could only be studied after cells were fixed or destroyed.

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Extreme Heat and Coral Disease Devastate Great Barrier Reef Site

December 13, 2025

Record Ocean Heat and Rare Disease Cause Severe Coral Loss at One Tree Reef

A lethal combination of prolonged marine heatwaves and a rare coral disease has caused extensive mortality among Goniopora corals at One Tree Reef on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Scientists report that nearly 75 per cent of colonies at the study site have died, making it one of the most severe climate-linked coral loss events recorded in recent years.

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