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Why in news? China has completed an 11.18 kilometre underwater section of a high‑speed railway tunnel beneath the Yangtze River as part of the Chon...
Why in news? A senior police officer recently reviewed security arrangements at Mansar Lake in Jammu and Kashmir after intelligence agencies flagged p...
Why in news? Bulgaria has been in the headlines due to general elections and its adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026. The country’s transition to...
Why in news? The Colorado River has been in the news due to prolonged droughts and record‑low snowpack in the Rocky Mountains that feed the river. I...
Why in news? The Ministry of Jal Shakti has proposed continuing the River Basin Management (RBM) scheme for the next Finance Commission cycle from 202...
Why in news? A committee of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has advised the state government to oppose Haryana’s plans to build new dams on the Ghaggar Rive...
Why in news? The conservation group American Rivers has named the Potomac River the United States’ most endangered river for 2026. The designation h...
Why in news? In early April 2026, a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi migrants en route to Malaysia capsized in the Andaman Sea. The Uni...
Why in news? United Nations agencies reported in mid‑April 2026 that conflict‑related sexual violence and other human rights abuses in Sudan had e...
Why in news? Disruptions to shipping in the Bab al‑Mandab Strait due to armed attacks on merchant vessels in early 2026 caused crude‑oil flows thr...
Why in news? A new climate modelling study warns that a complete collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could release large amoun...
Why in news? A bus carrying British tourists plunged into a ravine on the island of La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands, killing one person and inju...
Why in news? Indonesia’s Mount Semeru, the tallest volcano on the island of Java, erupted multiple times on 6 April 2026, sending ash plumes high in...
Why in news? Birdwatchers on Narcondam Island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago reported spotting a tagged Sanderling that had flown over 7,400 k...
Why in news? Geopolitical tensions in West Asia have highlighted the vulnerability of India’s energy imports. In response, Indian oil and gas compan...
Why in news? India has dispatched relief materials including kitchen sets, hygiene kits, plastic sheets, tarpaulins and sleeping bags to Afghanistan a...
Why in news? Between 30 March and 1 April 2026, volunteers, researchers and villagers embarked on the Aghanashini Appemidi Tree Diversity Survey, a 35...
Why in news? India and Algeria recently held their seventh round of Foreign Office Consultations in Algiers. The meeting highlights growing cooperatio...
Why in news? On 30 March 2026 Zimbabwe announced plans to install a 500 MW floating solar plant on Lake Kariba. The project, led by Green Hybrid Power...
Why in news? Indonesia’s government has announced that, beginning 28 March 2026, social‑media accounts operated by children under 16 on high‑ris...
