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Panama Disease – New Hope for Banana Farmers
Why in news? Scientists from the University of Queensland in Australia announced on 20 February 2026 that they have identified a genetic region in a w...
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Why in news? Scientists from the University of Queensland in Australia announced on 20 February 2026 that they have identified a genetic region in a w...
Why in news? The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J.P. Nadda, will launch the Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Res...
Why in news? Researchers have discovered fossils of a new species of meat‑eating dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the central Sahara Desert of Ni...
Why in news? Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS satellite have discovered a remarkable four‑planet system around a red dwarf sta...
Why in news? Researchers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, have identified the role of insulin‑like growth factor (IGF) in promoting the...
Why in news? The Government of India launched VoicERA at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. This open‑source voice AI platform aims to bring multiling...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India has recently urged the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to accelerate efforts to introduce...
Why in news? A study published in Science Translational Medicine reported that high doses of inhaled nitric oxide dramatically reduced the number of d...
Why in news? With global concern over fossil‑fuel dependence, governments and industries are turning towards bio‑based chemicals. These are chemic...
Why in news? The idea of the exposome—every environmental exposure a person experiences from conception onward—is gaining momentum. In 2025 a Glob...
Why in news? Scientists have identified a protein called Piezo1 in bone marrow stem cells that acts as a sensor for mechanical force. When activated, ...
Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched “Yuva AI for All,” an initiative that brings artificial i...
