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MHEW-DSS: Mission Mausam, Early Warning System & Disaster Preparedness

MHEW-DSS: Mission Mausam, Early Warning System & Disaster Preparedness

Why in news? India’s weather agency is implementing a new digital forecasting platform called the Multi‑Hazard Early Warning Decision Support Syst...

Earthquake Lights: Seismic Electromagnetic Phenomena, Tectonic Stress & Fault Lines

Earthquake Lights: Seismic Electromagnetic Phenomena, Tectonic Stress & Fault Lines

Why in news? After a moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck the Aegean region between Turkey and Greece on 2 April 2026, residents filmed glowing...

Antariksh Venture Capital Fund: Spacetech Start-ups, IN-SPACe & ISRO

Antariksh Venture Capital Fund: Spacetech Start-ups, IN-SPACe & ISRO

Why in news? The Union Minister for Science and Technology recently informed Parliament that the Antariksh Venture Capital Fund is progressing steadil...

YUVIKA Programme: ISRO Science Camp, STEM Education & Space Technology

YUVIKA Programme: ISRO Science Camp, STEM Education & Space Technology

Why in news? The Minister of State for Science and Technology recently highlighted ISRO’s efforts to foster a scientific temper among young students...

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: TP53 Mutation, Blood Cancer & Targeted Therapy

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: TP53 Mutation, Blood Cancer & Targeted Therapy

Why in news? A multi‑institutional study published in 2025 found that about 10 percent of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia carry mutations ...

Ammonium Nitrate Regulation: Coal Gasification, Explosives & PESO Safety Rules

Ammonium Nitrate Regulation: Coal Gasification, Explosives & PESO Safety Rules

Why in news? Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) recently signed a lease agreement for a Coal...

Bio-Bitumen Technology: CSIR, Crop Residue & Road Construction

Bio-Bitumen Technology: CSIR, Crop Residue & Road Construction

Why in news? India is set to become the first country to commercially produce bio‑bitumen by converting agricultural residue into a binder for road ...

Extracellular RNA: Water Quality Monitoring, Disinfectant Stress & Microbial Survival

Extracellular RNA: Water Quality Monitoring, Disinfectant Stress & Microbial Survival

Why in news? A study published on 28 March 2026 in the journal npj Clean Water reported that extracellular RNA (exRNA) from bacteria can persist even ...

Solar Radio Burst: X1.4 Solar Flare, Coronal Mass Ejection & Space Weather

Solar Radio Burst: X1.4 Solar Flare, Coronal Mass Ejection & Space Weather

Why in news? An intense solar flare erupted from the Sun’s surface on 29–30 March 2026. Classified by NASA as an X1.4‑class flare, the event pro...

Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: National Science Awards, Vigyan Ratna & CSIR

Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: National Science Awards, Vigyan Ratna & CSIR

Why in news? On 28 March 2026 the government opened nominations for the next edition of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar. Scientists, innovators and team...

BRIC Research Advisory Board: Biotechnology, Open Science & Biomanufacturing

BRIC Research Advisory Board: Biotechnology, Open Science & Biomanufacturing

Why in news? The inaugural meeting of the Research Advisory Board of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) took place on 27–28 Ma...

Waste Foundry Sand: CRRI, Road Construction & Circular Economy

Waste Foundry Sand: CRRI, Road Construction & Circular Economy

Why in news? On 26 March 2026 the CSIR‑Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) signed a collaboration with the Institute of Indian Foundrymen and a p...

SWOT Satellite: Ocean Topography, Seafloor Mapping & NASA-CNES Mission

SWOT Satellite: Ocean Topography, Seafloor Mapping & NASA-CNES Mission

Why in news? NASA recently released a high‑resolution map of the global ocean floor derived from data collected by the Surface Water and Ocean Topog...

CALM-Brain Repository: NIMHANS, Psychiatric Research & Digital Health

CALM-Brain Repository: NIMHANS, Psychiatric Research & Digital Health

Why in news? On 26 March 2026, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) and the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NC...

Neoloboptera peninsularis: Deccan Peninsula, New Cockroach Species & ZSI

Neoloboptera peninsularis: Deccan Peninsula, New Cockroach Species & ZSI

Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Prof. Ramkrishna More College, Pune, announced the discovery of a new cockroach...

PRISM-SG Portal: Rail-Road Bridges, ROB Approvals & Infrastructure Digitisation

PRISM-SG Portal: Rail-Road Bridges, ROB Approvals & Infrastructure Digitisation

Why in news? On 25 March 2026 the Union Ministers for Road Transport and Highways and Railways jointly launched the Portal for Rail‑Road Inspection ...

Helium Supply Disruptions: Semiconductor Industry, Qatar Ras Laffan & Inert Gas

Helium Supply Disruptions: Semiconductor Industry, Qatar Ras Laffan & Inert Gas

Why in news? India’s semiconductor and printed circuit board industries have sounded the alarm over potential shortages of helium gas after attacks ...

Minor Planet Center: Jupiter Moons, Saturn Satellites & Solar System

Minor Planet Center: Jupiter Moons, Saturn Satellites & Solar System

Why in news? On 16 March 2026, the Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced the confirmation of 15 new moons: 11 orbiting Saturn and 4 orbiting Jupiter. Wi...

Lunar Titanium: Magma Ocean, Chandrayaan-4 & Ilmenite-Bearing Cumulates

Lunar Titanium: Magma Ocean, Chandrayaan-4 & Ilmenite-Bearing Cumulates

Why in news? Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad have experimentally decod...

National AI Skilling Initiative: Generative AI, India Workforce & Google

National AI Skilling Initiative: Generative AI, India Workforce & Google

Why in news? The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, in collaboration with Google and YouTube, recently launched a National AI Skilling Initiative...

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