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India-AI Impact Summit 2026

Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) unveiled the logo and key initiatives for the India‑AI Impact ...

WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

Why in news? The World Health Organization updated its Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) in September 2025. Notably, the update includ...

Aquamonitrix – Portable Ion Chromatograph

Why in news? Researchers from the University of Tasmania, in collaboration with the company Aquamonitrix, have developed a compact ion chrom...

NITI Aayog’s “AI for Viksit Bharat” Roadmap

Why in news? NITI Aayog, India’s policy think‑tank, released a report titled “AI for Viksit Bharat – The Opportunity for Accelerated...

Eustoma Blooms in Odisha

Eustoma Blooms in Odisha

Why in news? Eustoma, commonly known as lisianthus or prairie gentian, flowered for the first time in India at a polyhouse in Sanatanpali, S...

AI Weather Forecasting for Farmers

Why in news? The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare launched an artificial intelligence‑powered monsoon forecasting system tha...

Amritsari Kulcha: A Culinary Heritage Seeks Protection

Why in news? The Punjab Food Processing Department has applied for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the iconic Amritsari Kulcha. Secur...

Red Ivy Plant: A Traditional Herb Meets Nanotechnology

Why in news? Researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute in Kerala developed a multifunctional wound‑he...

Light‑based Computers (Optical Computers)

Why in news? Researchers at Tampere University in Finland and UniversitĂŠ Marie et Louis Pasteur in France demonstrated that intense light p...

NASA Discovers Potential Biosignatures on Mars: Sapphire Canyon & Cheyava Falls

Why in news? NASA’s Perseverance rover reported its strongest evidence yet of ancient life on Mars. In July 2024 it collected a rock sampl...

India Targets 2028 for Swadeshi Solar Cells

Why in news? Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy R.K. Singh announced that India plans to establish a fully indigenous solar manufac...

ISRO’s 100th Technology Transfer for SSLV Production

Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed its 100th technology‑transfer agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Limit...

First Overseas Atal Innovation Centre

Why in news? India inaugurated its first overseas Atal Innovation Centre (AIC) at the IIT Delhi – Abu Dhabi campus during the Education Mi...

Multi‑Stage Malaria Vaccine AdFalciVax

Why in news? The Indian government licensed five domestic firms to manufacture and commercialise AdFalciVax, the country’s first indigenou...

China vs India in Rare Earth Elements (REEs)

Why in news? China recently tightened controls on rare earth mining and processing, reinforcing its global dominance. This development has s...

Mpox (Monkeypox) Virus

Why in news? The World Health Organization announced in mid‑2025 that mpox, also known as monkeypox, no longer constitutes a Public Health...

The Blood Moon

Why in news? On the night of 7–8 September 2025, people across India observed a total lunar eclipse known as a “blood moon”. Social me...

India’s First Port‑based Green Hydrogen Pilot Project at V.O. Chidambaranar Port

Why in news? In September 2025 the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu commissioned India’s first port‑based gr...

Acanthamoeba: A Protozoan Health Risk

Why in news? Health authorities in Kerala raised alarm over the detection of Acanthamoeba in several water bodies. The organism can cause se...

2D Materials

Why in news? NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub, together with the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, released the fourth edition of it...