25 Years of Waste management Regulations.

It is 25 years since India made its first Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management Rules in 2000. Regulatory framework has improved over the years with the 2016 Solid Waste Management Rules and other regulations on plastics, e-waste, biomedical, hazardous, and construction waste. In spite of such reforms, garbage management remains a severe issue in the cities of the country. The new 2025 draft SWM Rules are offering new provisions such as four-way source segregation and computer surveillance, although systemic vulnerabilities are an issue.

Research Future of India.

The Government of India has sanctioned the Capacity Building and Human Resource Development (CBHRD) scheme, with an outlay of Rs 2277.397 crore in the Fifteenth Finance Commission (2021-22 to 2025-26), in a massive effort towards the promotion of science and innovation. The initiative, which is being implemented by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), aims at enhancing the research ecosystem in India and developing the generation of scientists in the future.

A Fresh Start in the World of Global talent war.

The new K visa that will be effective as of October 1, 2025 has propelled China into the global scene in terms of science and technology recruitment. The program was aimed at young professionals in STEM fields, specifically competing with the United States where stricter regulations on the H-1B visa are transforming the world talent movement.

Seizing the Water Decade.

Interstate water rationing and resource-efficient management are also burning issues to India. The Government of India has responded to these problems by instituting a succession of six Departmental Summits aimed at closing this communication deficit between the ground-level activities and national policy-making activities. One stands out of those, that is Sujalam Bharat Summit in which everything is concentrated on water management. With NITI Aayog as its coordinator and the ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) as the anchor, it aims to get valuable feedbacks by and through different communities and institutions to make quality policies on water.

An Unusual Find below the Arabian Sea.

In a new breakthrough in marine research, scientists of the National Bureau of fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) in Kochi have discovered a brand new species of finless snake eel off the Colachel coast of the Kanniyakumari district. Recently published in the international collection journal, Zootaxa, the finding contributes to the ever-growing list of marine jewels that are buried under the Arabian Sea. Appreciately, it was rightfully fit to rename the eel Apterichtus kanniyakumari in honour of the cultural and geographical value of the area.