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Rotating Detonation Engine: Indian Start-up Ground Test

Rotating Detonation Engine: Indian Start-up Ground Test

Why in news?Defence start-up D-Propulse announced a ground test of its five-kilonewton rotating detonation engine in Hyderabad. What the company repor...

Medak Fort Honoured with a Special Postal Cover and Stamp

Medak Fort Honoured with a Special Postal Cover and Stamp

Why in news?Telangana Today reported that postal officials released a special cover and associated stamp for Medak Fort. What was reported The release...

National Anubhav Awards 2026 Honour Fifteen Officials

National Anubhav Awards 2026 Honour Fifteen Officials

Why in news?Fifteen people received National Anubhav Awards 2026 honours at a ceremony in New Delhi. The 2026 recognition Minister of State Jitendra S...

AppCoMS 2.0: Information Commission Upgrades Appeals Portal

AppCoMS 2.0: Information Commission Upgrades Appeals Portal

Why in news?The Central Information Commission launched the upgraded Appeal and Complaint Management System, called AppCoMS 2.0. What the upgraded sys...

Lake Powell Nears Its Record-Low Colorado River Level

Lake Powell Nears Its Record-Low Colorado River Level

Why in news?Lake Powell fell to about 3,519.91 feet, just below its April 2023 record low. What the latest level shows The Associated Press reported t...

INS Imphal Hosts Indian Students During Muscat Visit

INS Imphal Hosts Indian Students During Muscat Visit

Why in news?More than 200 Indian school students visited the destroyer Imphal while it was berthed in Oman. The reported visit Asian News Internationa...

Electronics Components Scheme Clears 31 More Projects

Electronics Components Scheme Clears 31 More Projects

Why in news?The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology approved 31 more proposals under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme on...

Huntington's Disease: Mouse Study Finds a Second Route

Huntington's Disease: Mouse Study Finds a Second Route

Why in news?A mouse study linked deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) double-strand breaks with Huntington’s disease-like brain damage. What is Huntington’...

Exercise MAITREE-XV: India and Thailand Train Together

Exercise MAITREE-XV: India and Thailand Train Together

Why in news?Indian troops reached Thailand for the fifteenth Exercise MAITREE, scheduled from 18 to 31 August. Who is participating? The Indian Army s...

Mount Kanlaon Emits a Low Ash Plume in the Philippines

Mount Kanlaon Emits a Low Ash Plume in the Philippines

Why in news?Mount Kanlaon produced a grey plume that rose about 200 metres before drifting north. What the observation means The Philippine Institute ...

Oil Contamination Threatens Iran's Hara Mangrove Forests

Oil Contamination Threatens Iran's Hara Mangrove Forests

Why in news?Iranian teams began removing oil from Qeshm Island’s Hara mangroves. The source of the contamination remained unconfirmed. What is known...

Long-read Sequencing Reveals Friedreich Ataxia Variants

Long-read Sequencing Reveals Friedreich Ataxia Variants

Why in news?A 2026 genetic study found under-recognised variation inside expanded repeats that cause Friedreich ataxia. The disease and its usual gene...

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