HISTORIC! India launches 1st privately built orbital rocket Vikram-1 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

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PV Sindhu scripts history becoming first Indian to win Japan Open

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Nuclear Power Plants of India:
Tarapur, Maharashtra – India’s first nuclear power plant (1969); first commercial reactor.

Rawatbhata, Rajasthan – India’s first Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) station.

Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu – India’s first indigenously designed PHWR. India’s first 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) attained first criticality on 6 April 2026, marking the beginning of Stage-II of India’s three-stage nuclear programme. World’s first nuclear reactor heat-based hydrogen production facility (using FBTR + Cu–Cl cycle) for carbon-free hydrogen production.

Narora, Uttar Pradesh – First Indian plant with advanced passive safety features.

Kakrapar, Gujarat – World’s first 700 MW indigenous PHWR to achieve criticality/commercial operation.

Kaiga, Karnataka – Known for one of the world’s longest continuous operation records by a nuclear reactor.

Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu – India’s largest nuclear power station; uses Russian VVER-1000 Light Water Reactors.

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Revamped army dress code

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CM launches doorstep registry service for people aged 75-plus | Patna News - The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/cm-launches-doorstep-registry-service-for-people-aged-75-plus/articleshow/132333830.cms

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-->Hajipur (Vaishali) has become the first registration office in Bihar to launch the Doorstep Property Registration Service.
The service is available for citizens aged 75 years and above, enabling property registration at home.

-->Registration is carried out through a Mobile Registration Unit equipped with biometric and digital authentication devices.

-->The initiative was launched under the campaign "Sabka Samman, Jeevan Aasan" and will be expanded across Bihar.

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Bihar: 33 Medical College Hospitals under PPP
PPP expansion: Bihar plans to develop and operate 33 Government Medical College Hospitals under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model (17 Greenfield + 16 Brownfield).

Greenfield model: 17 new hospitals to be developed on government land (60-year lease) with private participation.

Brownfield model: 16 existing/upcoming institutions to be managed by experienced private hospital chains under a 30-year concession.

PPP framework: Government is considering the DBFOT (Design–Build–Finance–Operate–Transfer) model with risk-sharing and competitive bidding for efficient healthcare delivery.

Link other DBFOT project in Bihar: https://t.me/bpscweb/43384

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Biotechnology
Akeso Biopharma (China) developed Ivonescimab, a bispecific antibody targeting PD-1 + VEGF, showing promising results in lung cancer trials.

Biopharma Shakti (Union Budget initiative) aims to strengthen India’s biopharmaceutical innovation ecosystem through R&D support.

India possesses advantages in genetic diversity, treatment-naïve patient pool, disease burden and clinical trial potential, making it attractive for biotech research.

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Article 226: High Courts can issue writs for enforcement of Fundamental Rights as well as “for any other purpose”, making their writ jurisdiction wider than the Supreme Court’s.

Article 32: Supreme Court can issue writs only for enforcement of Fundamental Rights.

Article 227: Every High Court has superintendence over all courts and tribunals within its territorial jurisdiction (except those under Armed Forces laws).

Article 141: Law declared by the Supreme Court is binding on all courts within India.
High Courts are constitutional courts with independent constitutional status; the Supreme Court is not their administrative “headmaster”.

Judicial Review: The High Court’s power under Article 226 is considered part of the Basic Structure of the Constitution.

👉🏻Article 32 = Narrower (Fundamental Rights only) | Article 226 = Wider (Fundamental Rights + any other purpose).

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Andy Burnham became the 59th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party, taking office at 10 Downing Street after succeeding Keir Starmer.

He is Britain's seventh Prime Minister in the past decade (since 2016)

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