Obstructive Sleep Apnea – New study warns of increased heart risk
Why in news? A recent study using electronic health records of nearly three million individuals found that people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) f...
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Why in news? A recent study using electronic health records of nearly three million individuals found that people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) f...
Why in news? India’s weather agency is implementing a new digital forecasting platform called the Multi‑Hazard Early Warning Decision Support Syst...
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...
Why in news? The Minister of State for Science and Technology recently highlighted ISRO’s efforts to foster a scientific temper among young students...
Why in news? A multi‑institutional study published in 2025 found that about 10 percent of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia carry mutations ...
Why in news? Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) recently signed a lease agreement for a Coal...
Why in news? The Union Minister for Science and Technology recently informed Parliament that the Antariksh Venture Capital Fund is progressing steadil...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Why in news? On 28 March 2026 the government opened nominations for the next edition of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar. Scientists, innovators and team...
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...
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...
Why in news? On 26 March 2026, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) and the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NC...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Prof. Ramkrishna More College, Pune, announced the discovery of a new cockroach...
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 ...
Why in news? India’s semiconductor and printed circuit board industries have sounded the alarm over potential shortages of helium gas after attacks ...
Why in news? The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, in collaboration with Google and YouTube, recently launched a National AI Skilling Initiative...
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...