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The Indian government formed a new committee led by former Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar. The committee will study how illegal immigration and other unusual reasons are changing India’s population. It has one year to suggest solutions.

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NASA will build a Moon base near the lunar South Pole by 2036. The $20 billion plan has three phases. First, robots deliver cargo. Second, astronauts build small habitats. Third, people live there all the time. This is part of the Artemis programme.

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India now has 191 recorded cockroach species, with over 60% found nowhere else. In 2026, the Zoological Survey of India built the country’s first large DNA barcode reference library for these insects. A new endemic species, Neoloboptera peninsularis, was also discovered in the Deccan Peninsula. The work aids identification, taxonomy, and conservation.

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On 26 May 2026, Prime Minister Modi held separate meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Australia and Japan in New Delhi. The talks focused on strengthening the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. He also attended the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting, where major initiatives on maritime security, critical minerals, and energy were launched.

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The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) achieved record sales of ₹1,87,000 crore in 2025-26. KVIC is a statutory body under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. It promotes Khadi and village industries to create rural employment and self-reliance.