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White Rabbit Technology and Indian Standard Time

White Rabbit Technology and Indian Standard Time

Why in news? India commissioned a precise time-dissemination network using White Rabbit technology. The demonstration connected Bengaluru with the Nat...

Digital Local Pass and MargMitra

Digital Local Pass and MargMitra

Why in news? The National Highways Authority of India added two services to the RajmargYatra application. Eligible nearby residents can now request a ...

QDENGA Dengue Vaccine

QDENGA Dengue Vaccine

Why in news? India approved QDENGA for people aged four to sixty years. It is India’s first approved vaccine against dengue. The Drug Controller Gen...

Legionnaires’ Disease

Legionnaires’ Disease

Why in news? New York City investigated a Legionnaires’ disease cluster. By 18 July, city officials had reported 72 confirmed cases. Two people had ...

Boss Scam

Boss Scam

Why in news? India’s securities regulator warned companies about a growing “boss scam”. Criminals impersonate senior executives and demand urgen...

Cyclosporiasis

Cyclosporiasis

Why in news? The United States reported a sharp seasonal rise in cyclosporiasis. Authorities confirmed 1,645 domestically acquired cases after 1 May 2...

Greenland and the Glacier Research Mission

Greenland and the Glacier Research Mission

Why in news? An international science team is sailing towards Greenland. Its six-week mission begins on 16 July 2026. Researchers will study how glaci...

Introns: Horizontal Gene Transfer Across Bacteria & Archaea

Introns: Horizontal Gene Transfer Across Bacteria & Archaea

Why in news? Scientists tracked mobile intron material moving between very different microorganisms. It travelled from a bacterial predator into dead ...

SwaYaan & NIDAR: India's Drone Skilling & Innovation Challenge

SwaYaan & NIDAR: India's Drone Skilling & Innovation Challenge

Why in news? A national student drone challenge reached its final stage in January 2026. The government had launched it on 18 March 2025. Teams design...

UMANG App: Government Services Platform & Data Security

UMANG App: Government Services Platform & Data Security

Why in news? Security researchers reported weaknesses in a major government-services platform. Some connected services exposed sensitive user details....

Chandipura Virus: Encephalitis, Sandfly Vector & Gujarat Outbreak

Chandipura Virus: Encephalitis, Sandfly Vector & Gujarat Outbreak

Why in news? Gujarat reported seven laboratory-confirmed infections during a new outbreak. Three infected children died, while four remained under tre...

Hyperkeratosis: Galtaji Monkeys, Causes & Skin Symptoms

Hyperkeratosis: Galtaji Monkeys, Causes & Skin Symptoms

Why in news? Several monkeys near Jaipur’s Galtaji temples developed hair loss, cracked skin and bleeding wounds. Veterinarians linked many cases wi...

Eärendil-1: Reflect Orbital's Space Mirror Satellite & FCC

Eärendil-1: Reflect Orbital's Space Mirror Satellite & FCC

Why in news? The United States Federal Communications Commission authorised Reflect Orbital’s Eärendil-1 satellite on 9 July 2026. The experimental...

Lymphatic Filariasis: West Bengal MDA Drive & 2030 Target

Lymphatic Filariasis: West Bengal MDA Drive & 2030 Target

Why in news? West Bengal began a preventive drug campaign against lymphatic filariasis in ten districts. Starting in Howrah during June 2026, health w...

Parrot Bornavirus 4: First Record in Indian Captive Birds

Parrot Bornavirus 4: First Record in Indian Captive Birds

Why in news? Researchers confirmed Parrot bornavirus 4 in captive Indian birds for the first time. They tested 83 parrots across three states, and 44 ...

Samriddh Gram: BharatNet Rural Digital Model & WSIS Prize

Samriddh Gram: BharatNet Rural Digital Model & WSIS Prize

Why in news? Samriddh Gram won a World Summit on the Information Society Prize in Geneva. The award recognised its rural service-delivery model under ...

Cyanobacteria: IIT Guwahati's Lead Removal from Water

Cyanobacteria: IIT Guwahati's Lead Removal from Water

Why in news? Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati researchers developed a biological material for removing lead from water. The material comes from...

NISER: DAE Science Institute, HBNI & NEST Admission

NISER: DAE Science Institute, HBNI & NEST Admission

Why in news? The Vice-President addressed NISER’s 15th Graduation Ceremony in Bhubaneswar, and he linked scientific capability with national develop...

NeoSep1 Trial: Neonatal Sepsis & Antibiotic Resistance

NeoSep1 Trial: Neonatal Sepsis & Antibiotic Resistance

Why in news? The international NeoSep1 antibiotic trial expanded to India, and JIPMER in Puducherry recruited India’s first participating baby. A se...

HLH: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Causes & Treatment

HLH: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Causes & Treatment

Why in news? Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran died at age 38. The Afghanistan Cricket Board announced his death on 7 July 2026, and he ha...

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