2025 MGNREGA Reforms Explained: New Amendments Mandate Higher Water-Related Spending in Groundwater-Stressed Rural Blocks. The Central Government has amended Schedule-I of the MGNREGA Act  to prioritise water conservation and groundwater-related works  in rural areas. The amendment mandates higher spending on water-related assets in blocks suffering from groundwater stress. What Are the Core Objectives of MGNREGA? MGNREGA was designed as a rights-based employment guarantee sc

The new Export Promotion Mission consolidates IES and MAI schemes, launches a unified digital platform under DGFT, strengthens trade finance and compliance support for MSMEs, and extends priority assistance to sectors impacted by global tariff escalations for FY 2025–26 to 2030–31. In a major decision with direct implications for India’s export resilience, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi  has approved the Export Promotion Mission (EPM)  for a six-yea

Captured by NASA’s PUNCH, Perseverance, Lucy, Psyche, and MAVEN, the rare interstellar comet exposes material formed billions of years ago in a distant planetary system. NASA has released striking new pictures of Comet 3I/ATLAS , an interstellar object  that astronomers say is billions of years old  and only the third known object from outside our Solar System  to pass through it. The images come from a wide range of NASA missions, including the Perseverance Mars rover , Mars