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Why in news? Scientists studying the Salar de Pajonales, a high‑altitude salt flat in Chile’s Atacama Desert, have found that gypsum rocks there p...
Why in news? On 27 February 1940, chemists Martin Kamen and Samuel Ruben discovered the radioactive isotope carbon‑14 at the University of Californi...
Why in news? The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT‑In) and the Satcom Industry Association of India (SIA‑India) have jointly released ...
Why in news? On 26 February 2026, thirteen Class XI students from Ariyakudi Government Higher Secondary School in Tamil Nadu’s Sivagangai district s...
Why in news? The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog launched the country’s first State Innovation Mission in Tripura on 26 February 2026. T...
Why in news? Researchers recently reported that high‑dose vitamin B3 supplements greatly improved survival in laboratory models of NAXD deficiency, ...
Why in news? Scientists have announced progress in developing a vaccine against the Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV), offering hope for preventing infectiou...
Why in news? Scientists at a Department of Science and Technology (DST) institute have synthesised a biosurfactant that shows promising activity again...
Why in news? The Department of Biotechnology celebrated its 40th Foundation Day by launching the SUJVIKA portal, a new platform that uses artificial i...
Why in news? A recent scientific study has shown that HIV must damage its own capsid – the protein shell encasing its genetic material – in order ...
Why in news? In February 2026 two people in Vizhinjam, Kerala, died after eating seafood at a local eatery. Health authorities suspect that the deaths...
Why in news? Indian scientists have discovered a new species of blossom midge, named Contarinia icardiflores. The tiny fly was found infesting the bud...
Why in news? On 19 February 2026 Zimbabwe became one of the first countries to begin administering the long‑acting HIV prevention drug lenacapavir. ...
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? 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? Researchers have discovered fossils of a new species of meat‑eating dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the central Sahara Desert of Ni...
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? Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS satellite have discovered a remarkable four‑planet system around a red dwarf sta...
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...
