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Revised National Action Plan on Glanders
Why in news? The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying updated its action plan for managing glanders, a contagious equine disease, with new zone...
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Why in news? The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying updated its action plan for managing glanders, a contagious equine disease, with new zone...
Why in news? India launched its first National Biofoundry Network under the BioE3 initiative to accelerate biomanufacturing and synthetic biology rese...
Why in news? In August 2025 the Government of India released the country’s first guidelines for veterinary blood transfusion. The aim is to standard...
Why in news? Astronomers discovered a rare quadruple star system in our Milky Way galaxy named UPM J1040−3551 AabBab. It is the first known system i...
Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully conducted the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT‑01) on 24 August 2025 as part ...
Why in news? In August 2025 the Indian Space Research Organisation unveiled plans for the Lunar Module Launch Vehicle, a heavy‑lift rocket intended...
Why in news? The Indian Council of Medical Research announced in August 2025 that it will expand wastewater‑based epidemiology to 50 cities and mon...
Why in news? With private companies launching satellites and plans for space tourism, India’s space activities are expanding rapidly. However, India...
Why in news? The 18th edition of the International Earth Science Olympiad was held in August 2025. A team of Indian school students participated and w...
Why in news? The Ministry of Finance released a draft framework in 2025 to define what qualifies as “green” economic activity. This taxonomy aims ...
Why in news? A joint report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Ernst & Young released in August 2025 concluded...
Why in news? Three cases of infection by Naegleria fowleri — commonly known as the brain‑eating amoeba — were reported in Kerala in 2025. The ra...
Why in news? On 18 August 2025 the World Health Organisation declared Nepal free of rubella. It became the first country in the WHO South‑East Asia ...
Why in news? Indian Railways unveiled the country’s first removable solar panel system in August 2025. The pilot installation in Banaras Locomotive...
Why in news? In a Lok Sabha session in August 2025, Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced that India aims to land an astronaut on the Moon by 2040....
Why in news? Researchers at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology reported that short chains of proteins, called bioactive peptide...
Why in news? For the first time, fresh apricots grown in Kargil district of Ladakh were exported to Saudi Arabia under the One District One Product in...
Why in news? In his Independence Day speech at the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced “Mission Sudarshan Chakra,” a new plan to deve...
Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India released a report titled the “Framework for Responsible and Ethical Enablement of Artificial Intelligence” ...
Why in news? The Tamil Nadu Forest Department reported that an artificial intelligence‑based warning system installed near Madukkarai in Coimbatore ...