BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting held in Indore —> 'Indore Declaration
Four New Institutional Initiatives Announced*
1. BRICS Network of Centres of Excellence on Agro-Ecology and Regenerative Agriculture Platform for joint research, knowledge sharing and capacity building in natural, organic and regenerative agriculture.
2. BRICS Network on Digital Agriculture : The network will be coordinated by IIT Delhi.
3. Global Forum on Farmers' Rights in Seed Systems : The forum will focus on protecting farmers' rights related to seeds, conserving indigenous seed diversity and preserving traditional knowledge systems.
4. BRICS AgriN - Agro Inputs, Genetic Resources and Information Network : The platform aims to strengthen cooperation among member countries in agricultural inputs, seeds and genetic resources.

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The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras) has released a detailed three-dimensional atlas of the human brainstem at cell resolution, offering researchers an unprecedented view of one of the most complex regions of the brain.


Developed by the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre (SGBC), the atlas, named ANCHOR (Atlas of Neurochemical Characterization of the Human Brainstem with 3D Reconstruction), combines MRI, histology, and neurochemical mapping to generate comprehensive brainstem maps spanning prenatal, childhood, and adult stages.

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Telangana banned paraquat, one of the world’s most widely used and highly toxic weedicides, becoming only the third State in India to do so. The herbicide is responsible for hundreds of deaths each year,

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Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth was appointed as the next Chief of the Army Staff on Saturday, the government said, adding that he will assume office on June 30.

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Newly hatched Gharials from Gandak river, Bihar
31 newly hatched Gharials
The first gharial hatchlings of the season just made their debut in Bihar’s Gandak River! From near-extinction in the area to a thriving population of over 1,000, this is what successful wildlife conservation looks like. 🐊

The SpaceX’s blockbuster stock market debut has generated significant excitement across global financial markets, with billionaire banker Uday Kotak calling the listing a “true test for capitalism.”

South Coast Railway Zone became India's 19th Railway Zone with headquarters at Visakhapatnam

Bases in Cyprus

1. Evangelos Florakis naval base, just 142 miles (229 kilometres) from Lebanon's coast, will get a new, U.S. European Command-funded heliport

2. Andreas Papandreou air base will be expanded

3. In the past, the U.S. military relied on two British military bases in Cyprus that the U.K. retained after the island gained
independence from from colonial rule in 1960.An aircraft hangar at one of the bases, RAF Akrotiri, was hit by a Shahed drone