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Why in news? The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has released draft guidelines proposing a Battery Pack Aadhaar system. This framework would a...
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Why in news? The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has released draft guidelines proposing a Battery Pack Aadhaar system. This framework would a...
Why in news? Scientists sampling the exhaled breath of whales with drones have detected cetacean morbillivirus circulating among humpback and sperm wh...
Why in news? Astronomers recently weighed a rogue planet — one that does not orbit any star — by observing a gravitational microlensing event. By ...
Why in news? A recent observational study, published in late 2025, examined patterns of treatment and outcomes among patients with cellulitis. Althoug...
Why in news? President Droupadi Murmu attended a programme in early January 2026 to promote the Skilling for AI Readiness (SOAR) initiative. At the ev...
Why in news? State‑owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced on 1 January 2026 that it had rolled out Voice over WiFi ser...
Why in news? Nimesulide, a popular pain‑relief medicine, returned to headlines when India’s health ministry ordered a ban on all oral formulations...
Why in news? Scientists at Kolkata’s S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences announced PathGennie, an open‑source algorithm that drastically ...
Why in news? The Department of Telecommunications unveiled the National Frequency Allocation Plan 2025, an updated spectrum allocation framework for t...
Why in news? On 28 December 2025, doctors at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi administered Itvisma — the brand name for onasemnogene abeparv...
Why in news? Researchers at China’s National University of Defence Technology announced on 27 December 2025 that they had accelerated a one‑tonne ...
Why in news? Health authorities in the United States reported clusters of Legionnaires’ disease in late 2025. In central Florida, at least 14 people...
Why in news? Frequency combs have recently been spotlighted for their role in advancing optical clocks and exoplanet detection. A new laboratory demon...
Why in news? On 23 December 2025, the Alipurduar Division of North‑east Frontier Railway set a record by renewing 1,033 metres of track in a single ...
Why in news? A large multi‑centre study published in late 2025 found that even moderate alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of bucc...
Why in news? A team of Indian astronomers analysing data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected molecules called polycyclic aromatic hy...
Why in news? Public health experts have warned that Anopheles stephensi, a mosquito species native to South Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, is increas...
Why in news? In December 2025 the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation issued a travel advisory warning that counterfeit batches of the...
Why in news? Scientists revisiting data from NASA’s Cassini mission have suggested that Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may not harbour a single glo...
Why in news? A study by researchers at the University of Technology Sydney and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research has found that high doses of...