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Fluoride contamination in Odisha: health crisis in Mayurbhanj

Fluoride contamination in Odisha: health crisis in Mayurbhanj

Why in news? A report in Down To Earth magazine in December 2025 exposed how villages in Budhikhamari panchayat of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, are dr...

Sanchar Saathi – government initiative to secure mobile connections

Sanchar Saathi – government initiative to secure mobile connections

Why in news? On 28 November 2025, India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) privately directed smartphone manufacturers to pre‑install the ...

Exercise Ekuverin – India–Maldives joint military drill

Exercise Ekuverin – India–Maldives joint military drill

Why in news? The 14th edition of Exercise Ekuverin, the annual bilateral military exercise between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence F...

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Why in news? The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued show‑cause notices to the Kerala Chief Minister and officials of the Kerala Infrastructure ...

Reinforcing the Biological Weapons Convention after 50 years

Reinforcing the Biological Weapons Convention after 50 years

Why in news? At the 50th‑anniversary conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Geneva, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar urged...

Bioremediation – using microbes to clean polluted environments

Bioremediation – using microbes to clean polluted environments

Why in news? With increasing awareness about sustainable waste management, scientists and policymakers are exploring bioremediation as an eco‑friend...

Heron Mk II – India’s newly procured surveillance UAV

Heron Mk II – India’s newly procured surveillance UAV

Why in news? India has decided to procure additional Heron Mk II unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel to strengthen intelligence, surveillanc...

Political instability and poverty in Guinea‑Bissau

Political instability and poverty in Guinea‑Bissau

Why in news? On 26 November 2025, heavy gunfire erupted in the West African nation of Guinea‑Bissau. Soldiers from the presidential guard seized c...

India’s 2025 Human Development Index report

India’s 2025 Human Development Index report

Why in news? The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its Human Development Report 2025 in May 2025. The report notes that India’s ...

Norovirus – the “winter vomiting disease” spreading in the US

Norovirus – the “winter vomiting disease” spreading in the US

Why in news? Health authorities in the United States have reported a spike in norovirus infections, with more than 14 % of tests turning positive in r...

Venezuela and the controversy over closing its airspace

Venezuela and the controversy over closing its airspace

Why in news? On 29 November 2025, former US President Donald Trump declared on social media that his administration would “close the airspace above ...

Sariska Tiger Reserve adopts drones for tiger monitoring

Sariska Tiger Reserve adopts drones for tiger monitoring

Why in news? The Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan has acquired drones to monitor its increasing tiger population and to curb illegal activities such...

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