Geography
Teesta River
Why in news? During an army training exercise near Pakyong in Sikkim, a raft capsized on the Teesta River, leading to the tragic death of a soldier. T...
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Why in news? During an army training exercise near Pakyong in Sikkim, a raft capsized on the Teesta River, leading to the tragic death of a soldier. T...
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has inducted the Samudra Pratap, the country’s first indigenously designed and built pollution control ves...
Why in news? The Department of Posts successfully transported a large Thanjavur painting depicting Lord Rama from Bengaluru to Ayodhya using its Logis...
Why in news? India recently tested the K‑4 missile from the nuclear‑powered submarine INS Arighaat off the coast of Visakhapatnam. The successful ...
Why in news? During a recent Sikh religious procession (Nagar Kirtan) in South Auckland, New Zealand, a group of protesters performed the Māori haka ...
Why in news? Scientists monitoring the Bezymianny volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula reported that the volcano has been rebuilding its cone far...
Why in news? Researchers from the University of California‑Davis have reported encouraging results from a phase II clinical trial of a lab‑made an...
Why in news? The Indian Navy’s stitched‑plank sailing vessel INSV Kaundinya is scheduled to undertake its maiden overseas voyage on 29 December ...
Why in news? A collaborative study by the Wildlife Institute of India and the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department radio‑collared three fishing cats in ...
Why in news? A trailer for a documentary entitled Enchanting Mukundra was released on 23 December 2025. The film aims to promote awareness about the...
Why in news? Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India discovered a tiny springtail species named Neelus sikkimensis near a hot spring in North ...
Why in news? On 23 December 2025 the Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully completed user evaluation trials of the Akash‑NG (...
