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White Dwarf Star Produces a Colourful Shockwave

White Dwarf Star Produces a Colourful Shockwave

Why in news? Astronomers have observed a highly magnetised white dwarf creating a vibrant bow shock as it ploughs through space. The discovery, announ...

Mustard Crop and the Orobanche Threat

Mustard Crop and the Orobanche Threat

Why in news? Farmers in mustard‑growing states have reported severe infestations of Orobanche aegyptiaca, a parasitic weed that damages mustard plan...

Graphene – The Wonder Material of Carbon Atoms

Graphene – The Wonder Material of Carbon Atoms

Why in news? Two decades after its discovery, graphene continues to be hailed as a “wonder material” with research accelerating its move from labo...

Understanding Context Windows in AI Models

Understanding Context Windows in AI Models

Why in news? The rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs) has brought attention to their “context windows” – the amount of text a model c...

PSLV‑C62 / EOS‑N1 Mission – Hyperspectral Satellite and Launch Anomaly

PSLV‑C62 / EOS‑N1 Mission – Hyperspectral Satellite and Launch Anomaly

Why in news? On 12 January 2026 India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV‑C62) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre carrying the Eart...

New Hope for Osteoarthritis – Blocking an Ageing Enzyme Restores Cartilage

New Hope for Osteoarthritis – Blocking an Ageing Enzyme Restores Cartilage

Why in news? A Stanford University team reported in early 2026 that inhibiting a protein called 15‑prostaglandin dehydrogenase (15‑PGDH) in old mi...

Ethylene Glycol and Drug Contamination

Ethylene Glycol and Drug Contamination

Why in news? In early January 2026, the Drugs Control Administration of Telangana issued a stop‑use notice for Almont‑Kid syrup, an allergy medici...

Vehicle‑to‑Vehicle Communication Technology

Vehicle‑to‑Vehicle Communication Technology

Why in news? India plans to roll out vehicle‑to‑vehicle (V2V) communication technology across its road network by 2026. Officials announced that n...

Atmospheric Aerosols and Water Vapour

Atmospheric Aerosols and Water Vapour

Why in news? A collaborative study by the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (II...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory and Asteroid 2025 MN45

Vera C. Rubin Observatory and Asteroid 2025 MN45

Why in news? Researchers using data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reported the discovery of asteroid 2025 MN45, which rotates faster than any oth...

PSLV‑C62 Mission

PSLV‑C62 Mission

Why in news? ISRO’s workhorse rocket, the PSLV‑C62, is scheduled to lift off from Sriharikota on 12 January 2026, marking India’s first space la...

Dust Experiment (DEX)

Dust Experiment (DEX)

Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that its Dust Experiment instrument recorded an interplanetary dust particle ente...

Bio‑Bitumen

Bio‑Bitumen

Why in news? India has entered the era of “clean, green highways” after successfully transferring technology to produce bio‑bitumen from farm re...

The Mpemba Effect – Why Hot Water Can Sometimes Freeze Faster

The Mpemba Effect – Why Hot Water Can Sometimes Freeze Faster

Why in news? Scientists from Kyoto University reported in March 2025 that they had developed a universal criterion to explain the Mpemba effect using ...

Biomaterials – Types and Applications

Biomaterials – Types and Applications

Why in news? Biomaterials have attracted global attention in recent years because they offer solutions to challenges in healthcare, sustainability and...

W Ursae Majoris Stars – New Insights from Indian Observations

W Ursae Majoris Stars – New Insights from Indian Observations

Why in news? Astronomers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital and the Physical Research Laboratory (PR...

C‑Reactive Protein and its Role in Heart Disease

C‑Reactive Protein and its Role in Heart Disease

Why in news? Medical societies have begun recommending routine testing for C‑reactive protein (CRP) as a tool for assessing cardiovascular risk. Rec...

Industrial Research and Development Promotion Programme (IRDPP)

Industrial Research and Development Promotion Programme (IRDPP)

Why in news? The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) celebrated its 42nd foundation day on 6 January 2026. On this occasion, the g...

Archaea

Archaea

Why in news? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that a methane‑produ...

Typhoid

Typhoid

Why in news? The city of Gandhinagar in Gujarat has recorded a spike in typhoid cases during late December 2025 and early January 2026. Leaks in recen...

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