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Wheat

Wheat

Why in News? The Indian government announced on 13 February 2026 that it would permit the export of 25 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat and 5 LMT of ...

Air‑Ship Based High‑Altitude Pseudo‑Satellite (AS‑HAPS)

Air‑Ship Based High‑Altitude Pseudo‑Satellite (AS‑HAPS)

Why in news? The Defence Acquisition Council recently granted acceptance of necessity to procure an Air‑Ship Based High‑Altitude Pseudo‑Satellit...

Quorum Sensing – Bacterial Communication

Quorum Sensing – Bacterial Communication

Why in news? Researchers are exploring quorum sensing as a potential target for new therapies because disrupting this mechanism could weaken harmful b...

AgriStack and Bharat‑VISTAAR – Digital Tools for Farmers

AgriStack and Bharat‑VISTAAR – Digital Tools for Farmers

Why in news? The Union Budget 2026‑27 announced an AI‑powered advisory platform called Bharat‑VISTAAR. The tool, dubbed Bharati, will integrate ...

Lysosomal Storage Disorders: India’s First National Biobank

Lysosomal Storage Disorders: India’s First National Biobank

Why in news? Indian researchers from 28 medical and research institutions compiled the country’s first government‑supported national biobank for L...

Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and India

Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and India

Why in news? Executives from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) visited India ahead of the first Mumbai Climate Week to urge Indian companies...

Nebular Hypothesis of Solar System Formation

Nebular Hypothesis of Solar System Formation

Why in news? The nebular hypothesis gained renewed attention in February 2026 when several news portals discussed its historical context while explain...

Wet Dress Rehearsal – Full Launch Practice for Artemis II

Wet Dress Rehearsal – Full Launch Practice for Artemis II

Why in news? NASA recently conducted a wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System. The test on...

National Large Solar Telescope and National Large Optical–Near Infrared Telescope

National Large Solar Telescope and National Large Optical–Near Infrared Telescope

Why in news? India announced plans to build two major astronomical facilities in Ladakh: the National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) and the National La...

Lymphatic Filariasis – India’s Campaign to Eliminate a Neglected Disease

Lymphatic Filariasis – India’s Campaign to Eliminate a Neglected Disease

Why in news? On 10 February 2026 the Union Health Minister launched a nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign across 12 endemic states to e...

Network Readiness Index 2025 – India Moves Up Four Places

Network Readiness Index 2025 – India Moves Up Four Places

Why in news? The Portulans Institute released the Network Readiness Index 2025 on 4 February 2026. News reports noted that India climbed four places t...

Mons Mouton: Proposed landing site for Chandrayaan‑4

Mons Mouton: Proposed landing site for Chandrayaan‑4

Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has selected the MM‑4 site on Mons Mouton, a mountain near the Moon’s south pole, as th...

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