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Why in news? On 14 April 2026, World Chagas Disease Day was observed to raise awareness about this neglected tropical illness. Public health agencies ...
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Why in news? On 14 April 2026, World Chagas Disease Day was observed to raise awareness about this neglected tropical illness. Public health agencies ...
Why in news? The Union Minister of Science and Technology reviewed the progress of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) in April 2026. H...
Why in news? Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has unveiled two mobile applications – MyLIC for policyholders and Sales Saathi for its agent...
Why in news? A recent study has revealed that the green pill millipede (Arthrosphaera lutescens), a species native to India’s Western Ghats, possess...
Why in news? A multi‑institute study led by Nagaland University has found that a traditional five‑plant herbal formulation used by the Konyak trib...
Why in news? Recent measurements show that the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) — a region over South America and the South Atlantic where Earth’s mag...
Why in news? A study published in Neurology and reported in early April 2026 found that people with higher vitamin D levels in their 30s and 40s had f...
Why in news? Scientists at the Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) in Srinagar have successfully cultivated the...
Why in news? The Deendayal Port Authority (Kandla Port) on India’s western coast has advanced its methanol bunkering capabilities, positioning itsel...
Why in news? Researchers have demonstrated that NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite can detect nitrogen dioxide pol...
Why in news? Recent protests against the development of a bauxite mine in Odisha brought aluminium back into the headlines. Villagers in Rayagada and ...
Why in news? Prasar Bharati’s digital streaming service, the WAVES OTT platform, crossed 8.4 million registered users by March 2026. The milestone w...
Why in news? Physicists have recently investigated how a cornstarch‑and‑water mixture, often used in science demonstrations, behaves when struck a...
Why in news? Under India’s National Quantum Mission, a Bangalore‑based start‑up has successfully demonstrated a quantum communication network st...
Why in news? The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a draft of the Telecom Consumer Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulatio...
Why in news? India’s space agency ISRO and the Indian Air Force’s Institute of Aerospace Medicine completed a unique high‑altitude analogue miss...
Why in news? Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) announced the discovery of two new species of free‑living marine nematodes off the...
Why in news? A multi‑country study published in Nature Medicine analysed more than 500 brain scans from 267 people and found that psychedelic substa...
Why in news? Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated a new BioNEST incubation centre at the Council of Scientific and Industr...
Why in news? A recent study using electronic health records of nearly three million individuals found that people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) f...