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Definitive list of Ayurveda Aahara products

Why in news? The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush, released an official list of Ayurv...

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India’s first 5G captive non‑public network for a refinery

Why in news? Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Numaligarh Refinery Limited signed an agreement in July 2025 to deploy India’s first 5G captive...

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AI‑Powered Agro‑Meteorological Advisory for Farmers

Why in news? The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi‑Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) l...

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Human Outer Planetary Exploration (HOPE) Station

Why in news? A Bengaluru‑based company called Protoplanet inaugurated the Human Outer Planetary Exploration (HOPE) station in Ladakh’s Tso Kar re...

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India’s First 1 MW Green Hydrogen Plant at Deendayal Port

Why in news? In July 2025, India commissioned its first indigenously developed 1‑megawatt green hydrogen plant at Deendayal Port in Kandla, Gujarat....

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NISAR Satellite: India–US Joint Earth‑Observation Mission

Why in news? On 31 July 2025, India successfully launched the NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite...

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Discovery of the CRIB Blood Group

Why in news? Scientists at the Rotary Bangalore TTK Blood Centre identified a previously unknown human blood group, now named CRIB (Cromer India Benga...

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Draft National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2025

Why in news? In July 2025, the Ministry of Communications released the draft National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2025. The policy outlines India’s telecom...

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Black Hole GRS 1915+105

Why in news? Indian astronomers using data from the AstroSat satellite observed rapid X‑ray flickers from the black hole GRS 1915+105 and published ...

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Star – HOPS‑315 and the Origin of Rocky Planets

Why in news? Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) reported the first ob...

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AI‑Driven Dynamic Targeting for Earth‑Observing Satellites

Why in news? NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) demonstrated a new artificial‑intelligence system called “Dynamic Targeting” on a commerci...

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Human‑Rated Launch Vehicle (HLVM3)

Why in news? The government informed Parliament that India has completed the development and ground testing of the Human‑Rated Launch Vehicle Mark 3...

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