In a remarkable blend of patriotism and innovation, a young entrepreneur from Motihari, Bihar, has launched the state’s first-ever Modi Memento Museum, featuring 56 exclusive souvenirs once gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The one-of-its-kind museum is drawing attention for its inspiring origin and for serving as a heartfelt tribute to the Prime Minister’s Namami Gange initiative—a nationwide mission to clean and rejuvenate the Ganga River.

Back in 2019, Prime Minister Modi announced an auction of mementos and gifts he had received at various public functions and official engagements. The proceeds from the auction were directed toward funding the Namami Gange Programme.

Amaravati, the planned capital of Andhra Pradesh, is set to create history as it targets to become the world's first city to be powered entirely by renewable energy as town planners look to build an ultra-modern yet environmentally sustainable 'people's capital'. With an ambitious plan to harness 2,700 megawatts (MW) of green energy, the city aims to meet all its electricity needs through sustainable sources like solar, wind, and hydropower, officials said.

Andhra Pradesh chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's dream new capital city project firmly aligns with India's broader commitment to clean energy and climate action.

The foundation stone for the greenfield capital city on the banks of Krishna river is expected to be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi sometime this month. The Rs 65,000-crore project is spread across 217 square kilometers, with Andhra Pradesh Capital Region spanning an area of 8,352 sq km.

Oscar Piastri has shown he has the pace to fight for the Formula 1 title. In winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday, he showed he can win an argument, too.

For the first time this season, a penalty played a key role in deciding a race win as Piastri went top of the standings with his victory.

Piastri’s two earlier wins this season had been dominant drives from pole position. This time he had to get past four-time champion Max Verstappen.

Verstappen started on pole but went off the track when battling for the lead with Piastri at the very first corner. He stayed in front but got a five-second penalty. Piastri argued he had got in front of Verstappen on the inside of the corner and deserved the place.

The Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, is all set to roll out a modernized digital health platform from Monday, April 28. Developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), the new Health Management Information System (HMIS) replaces the outdated software that has been in use since 2005 and is no longer compatible with current technology and cybersecurity standards.

According to an official statement issued by the Ministry on Wednesday, the revamped HMIS aims to offer faster, transparent, and user-friendly access to CGHS services, ultimately improving service delivery and administrative efficiency. In preparation for the switchover, all CGHS services, including those at Wellness Centres, will remain closed on April 26 (Saturday) to facilitate data migration and final validation.

Scientists across the globe are constantly looking for ways to tackle climate change by reducing greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere.

And now, some researchers on England's south coast think they've found a good way of doing it.

A small, UK government-funded project called SeaCURE, has found a way of sucking carbon out of the ocean, and storing it.

It's a form of carbon capture, which is a way of removing CO2, a greenhouse gas already in our atmosphere.

However instead of taking it directly out of the air, the scientists are removing it from the sea instead.

This is because the ocean absorbs around a quarter of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere.

By taking it out of the sea, there's more room for more CO2 to be absorbed from the air.

A major geological find has been unearthed under the frozen waters of the Davis Strait, the narrow ocean channel between Baffin Island in Canada and Greenland. A combined research team from Sweden and the United Kingdom has found a previously unrecognised landmass under this area. The newly identified feature, now called the Davis Strait proto microcontinent, is made up of abnormally thick continental crust and is about 12 to 15 miles (about 19 to 24 kilometres) wide.

Scientists discover buried proto-microcontinent beneath Greenland’s western offshore

This buried landmass is situated under the western offshore sea of Greenland and has been assigned a primitive microcontinent category. Microcontinents are pieces of continental crust that have separated from extended landmasses but did not completely detach in major tectonic episodes. For this proto-microcontinent, it seems to have remained partially attached when Greenland and North America rifted.

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

The robots from Chinese manufacturers such as DroidVP and Noetix Robotics came in all shapes and sizes, some shorter than 120 cm (3.9 ft), others as tall as 1.8 m (5.9 ft). One company boasted that its robot looked almost human, with feminine features and the ability to wink and smile.

Some firms tested their robots for weeks before the race. Beijing officials have described the event as more akin to a race car competition, given the need for engineering and navigation teams.

Amid fears of dumping into India following steep US duties on Chinese goods, the government has imposed a 12 per cent safeguard duty on non-alloy and alloy steel flat products, a notification from the Ministry of Finance released on Monday showed.

This follows an investigation by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, which in its findings last month said that there was a “sudden and sharp” surge in imports that could “cause serious injury to the domestic industry”.

“The safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of two hundred days (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in Indian currency,” the notification stated.

India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), announced on Monday, April 21, that minors above the age of 10 will be able to open and operate independent bank accounts, reported the news agency PTI.

According to the report, the minors will be able to independently open and operate a savings bank account, along with term deposit accounts.

“Minors above such an age limit not less than 10 years and up to such amount and such terms as may be fixed by the banks keeping in view their risk management policy, may be allowed to open and operate savings/ term deposit accounts independently, if they so desire, and such terms shall be duly conveyed to the account holder,” said RBI in the circular cited the news agency.

Prioritizing and highlighting the issue of fire prevention and safety in health facilities, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the Fire Safety Week in collaboration with all States/UTs as well as relevant central Ministries/Departments from 21st to 25th April, 2025. Union Health Secretary, Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava led the nationwide pledge ceremony on the theme of 'Fire Safety in Health Facilities' at Nirman Bhawan, today.

Senior officials of the Ministry physically participated in pledge taking ceremony. Over 3,000 participants from public and private health facilities virtually joined the pledge ceremony and webinar on "Emergency evacuation and patient safety strategies" and "Fire prevention in high-risk areas of healthcare facilities".

Speaking at the occasion, the Union Health Secretary stressed on the importance of ensuring fire and electrical safety in all health facilities, while highlighting need for fire safety planning, capacity building of all healthcare functionaries on hospital fire safety as well as need to organize regular mock drills on fire preparedness as well as patient evacuation.