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Anopheles stephensi – Rising Threat of Urban Malaria

Anopheles stephensi – Rising Threat of Urban Malaria

Why in news? Public health experts have warned that Anopheles stephensi, a mosquito species native to South Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, is increas...

Rabies – Ensuring Vaccine Safety and Eliminating a Deadly Disease

Rabies – Ensuring Vaccine Safety and Eliminating a Deadly Disease

Why in news? In December 2025 the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation issued a travel advisory warning that counterfeit batches of the...

Titan: Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior

Titan: Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior

Why in news? Scientists revisiting data from NASA’s Cassini mission have suggested that Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may not harbour a single glo...

Vitamin C Supplements May Shield Lungs from Fine Particles

Vitamin C Supplements May Shield Lungs from Fine Particles

Why in news? A study by researchers at the University of Technology Sydney and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research has found that high doses of...

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)

Why in news? Researchers from the University of California‑Davis have reported encouraging results from a phase II clinical trial of a lab‑made an...

AILA – Artificially Intelligent Lab Assistant

AILA – Artificially Intelligent Lab Assistant

Why in news? The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi unveiled an AI agent called AILA that can design and conduct real laboratory experiments o...

Micrometeoroids and Orbital Debris (MMOD)

Micrometeoroids and Orbital Debris (MMOD)

Why in news? The Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou‑20 was recently delayed when a tiny piece of space debris less than a millimetre wide struck its window...

Neelus sikkimensis – a New Springtail Species

Neelus sikkimensis – a New Springtail Species

Why in news? Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India discovered a tiny springtail species named Neelus sikkimensis near a hot spring in North ...

GhostPairing Scam and WhatsApp Device‑Linking

GhostPairing Scam and WhatsApp Device‑Linking

Why in news? India’s cyber security agency CERT‑In issued an advisory about a new scam called GhostPairing. Fraudsters exploit WhatsApp’s device...

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft loses contact

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft loses contact

Why in news? NASA reported on 9 December 2025 that contact was lost with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission. Telemetry before ...

Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)

Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)

Why in news? The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) reported that its Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) system has prevented an estimated ₹66...

Candida auris

Candida auris

Why in news? Researchers from the University of Exeter and partners reported in December 2025 that Candida auris relies on a unique genetic mechanis...

Autophagy

Autophagy

Why in news? Two recent studies shed light on how the body’s cellular cleaning process, known as autophagy, underpins immunity and metabolic health....

Antariksh Prayogshala (Space Labs) Initiative

Antariksh Prayogshala (Space Labs) Initiative

Why in news? The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN‑SPACe) has issued a Request for Proposal to establish state‑of‑the...

Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) Scheme

Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) Scheme

Why in news? In a Rajya Sabha reply on 20 December 2025, the Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, stated that the go...

National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)

National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)

Why in News? The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) recently received two Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) National Awards. Its “Har...

Three New Moth Species Discovered in the Himalayas

Three New Moth Species Discovered in the Himalayas

Why in News? Researchers from the ICAR‑Indian Agricultural Research Institute have described three previously unknown moth species from high‑altit...

Altermagnetism in Ruthenium Dioxide (RuO₂)

Altermagnetism in Ruthenium Dioxide (RuO₂)

Why in news? Materials scientists in Japan and Europe have confirmed that the compound ruthenium dioxide (RuO₂) exhibits a newly discovered form of ...

Annatto – Natural Dye and Nutraceutical Potential

Annatto – Natural Dye and Nutraceutical Potential

Why in news? Researchers at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) hav...

BharatNet Project – Bridging the Digital Divide

BharatNet Project – Bridging the Digital Divide

Why in news? The government has announced progress on the BharatNet Project, with more than 2.14 lakh Gram Panchayats now service‑ready for broadban...

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