Plasser’s Quick Relaying System (PQRS) for Rail Track Renewal
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 ...
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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? In December 2025 the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation issued a travel advisory warning that counterfeit batches of the...
Why in news? Chhattisgarh’s Kanger Valley National Park has been placed on UNESCO’s Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, and the state governme...
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? The government recently emphasised the need to include coastal communities in decision‑making for fisheries management in India’s Exc...
Why in news? The National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCB) celebrated its 63rd Foundation Day in December 2025. During the event the co...
Why in news? Environmental researchers and conservationists have raised alarms about the rapid spread of Lantana camara, an ornamental shrub introduce...
Why in news? On 26 December 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a national programme at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi to commemorate Veer Bal ...
Why in news? On 25 December 2025, President Droupadi Murmu released the first official translation of the Constitution of India in the Santhali langua...
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? In recent months multinational companies’ Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India have been hiring at a pace far outstripping traditi...
Why in news? In coastal regions around the world, several communities have recently received “Tsunami Ready” recognition from UNESCO’s Intergove...