The National Annual Report and Index on Women Safety (NARI) 2025 reports the safety of urban women in India. The report surveys 12,770 women in 31 cities with a national safety rate of 65, but 40 percent believe they are not safe in their own cities. Among the issues mentioned are harassment, confidence in police officers, and differences in safety depending on age, place, and time of the day.

Swarnamukhi River and Nala Awareness, also known as Operation SWARNA (Tirupati Urban Development Authority), is a massive project to replenish and conserve the Swarnamukhi River. This is the first large project on river restoration and anti-encroachment in the state and it is supported by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.

Uncontrolled proliferation of the South American introduced tree Senna spectabilis has become a critical ecological problem in South India. Its overgrowth outmuscles indigenous vegetation, changes the composition of the soil, and interferes with the habitat of wildlife, especially in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

A new nitro-substituted organoselenium compound developed by Indian scientists is very active against triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) which is one of the aggressive and most difficult to treat types of cancer.

Shinkansen Japan

How old is the Shinkansen high-speed rail system?
a) 1954
b) 1964
c) 1974
d) 1984
Answer: b) 1964

Which is the bird that influenced the redesign of the nose of the Shinkansen to lower sonic booms in the tunnels?
a) Owl
b) Kingfisher Falcon
d) Swan
Answer: b) Kingfisher