1. Denied
permission to explore and extract oil and gas under Assam's Dibru Saikhowa
National Park, where mining is prohibited, Oil India Limited (OIL) has
impressed upon the Environment Ministry the need for carrying out an
"R&D study"
2. Defence
Minister and his American counter-part, Pete Hegseth, agreed Thursday to work
on a 10-year comprehensive framework to bolster the India-US defence
partnership, especially in the spheres of intelligence, logistics, operational
and industrial engagement.
3. Demchok,
which was among the two main points of the recent border row with China, has
now been opened for visitors as part of the Centre's new initiative of
Battlefield Tourism.
4. The
marine heatwaves (MHWs) linked to the death of more than 30,000 fish off the
coastal Western Australia in January were made up to 100 times more probable
due to climate change, a new analysis said.