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PACE Satellite: NASA Mission, Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution & Ocean Color

PACE Satellite: NASA Mission, Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution & Ocean Color

Why in news? Researchers have demonstrated that NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite can detect nitrogen dioxide pol...

WAVES OTT Platform: Prasar Bharati, Public Broadcasting & Digital Inclusion

WAVES OTT Platform: Prasar Bharati, Public Broadcasting & Digital Inclusion

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...

Aluminium Bauxite Mining: Odisha Sijimali Mine, Metal Extraction & Environmental Impact

Aluminium Bauxite Mining: Odisha Sijimali Mine, Metal Extraction & Environmental Impact

Why in news? Recent protests against the development of a bauxite mine in Odisha brought aluminium back into the headlines. Villagers in Rayagada and ...

National Quantum Mission: Quantum Key Distribution, Secure Communications & Tech Self-Reliance

National Quantum Mission: Quantum Key Distribution, Secure Communications & Tech Self-Reliance

Why in news? Under India’s National Quantum Mission, a Bangalore‑based start‑up has successfully demonstrated a quantum communication network st...

Non-Newtonian Fluid Cornstarch: Shear Thickening, Impact Resistance & Liquid Solid Transition

Non-Newtonian Fluid Cornstarch: Shear Thickening, Impact Resistance & Liquid Solid Transition

Why in news? Physicists have recently investigated how a cornstarch‑and‑water mixture, often used in science demonstrations, behaves when struck a...

TRAI Consumer Protection Rules 2026: Telecom Tariffs, Digital Divide & E-Governance

TRAI Consumer Protection Rules 2026: Telecom Tariffs, Digital Divide & E-Governance

Why in news? The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a draft of the Telecom Consumer Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulatio...

Psychedelics Study: Brain Networks, Default Mode Network & Mental Health Treatment

Psychedelics Study: Brain Networks, Default Mode Network & Mental Health Treatment

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...

Marine Nematodes Discovery: Zoological Survey of India, Corononema dhriti & Benthic Ecosystems

Marine Nematodes Discovery: Zoological Survey of India, Corononema dhriti & Benthic Ecosystems

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...

Mission MITRA Gaganyaan: ISRO, Institute of Aerospace Medicine & High-Altitude Analogue Study

Mission MITRA Gaganyaan: ISRO, Institute of Aerospace Medicine & High-Altitude Analogue Study

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...

BIRAC BioNEST: CSIR-CFTRI, Food Tech Startups & Biotechnology Innovation

BIRAC BioNEST: CSIR-CFTRI, Food Tech Startups & Biotechnology Innovation

Why in news? Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated a new BioNEST incubation centre at the Council of Scientific and Industr...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Sleep Disorder, Cardiovascular Risk & Public Health

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Sleep Disorder, Cardiovascular Risk & Public Health

Why in news? A recent study using electronic health records of nearly three million individuals found that people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) f...

Measles Outbreak: MMR Vaccine, Viral Disease & Immunisation Coverage

Measles Outbreak: MMR Vaccine, Viral Disease & Immunisation Coverage

Why in news? A measles outbreak in Bangladesh has claimed more than 100 lives, mostly children, and prompted a large‑scale immunisation campaign. Th...

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