Key Highlights
- India’s Project Cheetah will bring eight cheetahs from Botswana to aid species reintroduction.
- Playback singer Palak Muchhal secured Guinness recognition for funding over 3,800 paediatric heart procedures.
- A pan‑regional Sanskrit festival inaugurated at the University of Colombo celebrates Indo‑Sri‑Lankan heritage.
- IIT Bombay unveiled India’s first Quantum Diamond Microscope, bolstering quantum sensing research.
- The Union Cabinet approved a ₹20,000‑crore collateral‑free credit guarantee for exporters.
Detailed Insights
Project Cheetah will receive eight cheetahs from Botswana, marking a renewed effort to re‑introduce the extinct species in India after 70 years.
Palak Muchhal’s Philanthropy channels all concert earnings into paediatric cardiac care, resulting in funding for more than three thousand eight hundred heart surgeries.
Bharat‑Sri Lanka Sanskrit Mahotsav premiered on 10 November 2025 at the University of Colombo, underscoring shared cultural links and promoting Sanskrit scholars across both nations.
Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM), developed by the P‑Quest Group at IIT Bombay, employs nitrogen‑vacancy centres in diamond for optically detected magnetic resonance, enabling real‑time 3D magnetic‑field imaging.
Credit Guarantee Scheme for Exporters (CGSE) offers a collateral‑free credit ceiling of ₹20,000 crore, covering 100 % of loans through the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company.