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Why in news? On 5 June 2026 the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas launched E85 fuel at an Indian Oil Corporation retail outlet in Delhi. E8...
Why in news? During a joint review meeting in early June 2026, Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced the launch of a digital portal supported by ...
Why in news? Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) analysed over a century of solar observations from the Kodaikanal Solar Observ...
Why in news? India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways announced that it is seriously considering a mandate to blend isobutanol with diesel by...
Why in news? Residents of Boston recently witnessed a sudden flash of light followed by a loud boom. Astronomers suspect the event was caused by a lar...
Why in news? The Department of Higher Education recently opened applications for the Prime Minister Research Chair (PMRC) Scheme 2026. The scheme invi...
Why in news? In late May 2026 Gujarat Police announced the results of “Operation Mule Hunt 1.0”, a coordinated crackdown on bank accounts used to ...
Why in news? At the end of May 2026 sky‑watchers observed a “Blue Micromoon” – the second full moon in a calendar month coinciding with the Mo...
Why in news? On 1 June 2026 the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) launched the “MAHA Water Mission” (M...
Why in news? As India pursues self‑reliance in electronics, the government’s Design Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme remains central to nurturing dom...
Why in news? On 1 June 2026 NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) had made the first direct detection of methane on an interstella...
Why in news? From 24 to 30 May 2026 a group of 56 Indian school students and four supervisors visited Japan under the Sakura Science Exchange Prog...
Why in news? On 29 May 2026 Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the country’s first SkyCast system at Indira Gandhi International Airport, ...
Why in news? Scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bengaluru, in collaboration with the Indian Instit...
Why in news? The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has introduced a set of user‑friendly reforms under the Prime Minister Wi‑Fi Access Networ...
Why in news? Researchers at Catholicate College in Kerala’s Western Ghats discovered a new species of green alga, Interfilum shuklaii, in 2026. The ...
Why in news? In May 2026 an outbreak of the tick‑borne parasite Babesia killed eight Asiatic lions and left several more ailing in Gir National Park...
Why in news? During Google’s I/O developer conference in May 2026, the company unveiled a major upgrade to its search platform: information agents. ...
Why in news? Researchers from IIT Madras and the Indian Institute of Science have synthesised a boron‑based analogue of ferrocene. Unlike classical ...
Why in news? In May 2026 veterinary authorities in Kendrapada district of Odisha reported that dozens of cattle had died due to an outbreak of rumen f...
