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Juvenile Justice Boards – pendency and infrastructure challenges

Juvenile Justice Boards – pendency and infrastructure challenges

Why in news? The India Justice Report released in late 2024 continues to draw attention in 2025 for highlighting severe delays in India’s juvenile j...

Sulphur Dioxide Emissions and the Status of Flue‑Gas Desulphurisation (FGD)

Sulphur Dioxide Emissions and the Status of Flue‑Gas Desulphurisation (FGD)

Why in news? An analysis of Central Electricity Authority data between 1 and 19 November 2025 found that fifteen coal‑fired power units in the Natio...

Taningia silasii – deep‑sea squid found off the Kerala coast

Taningia silasii – deep‑sea squid found off the Kerala coast

Why in news? Indian marine biologists recently reported the discovery of a new species of deep‑sea squid in the Arabian Sea. The specimen was collec...

Sagar Kavach – Coastal Security Exercise

Sagar Kavach – Coastal Security Exercise

Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard recently completed Sagar Kavach‑02/25, a large‑scale coastal security drill conducted along the Maharashtra an...

Bhoramdev Wildlife Sanctuary

Bhoramdev Wildlife Sanctuary

Why in news? Forest authorities in Chhattisgarh recently reported that two Indian bison (gaur) were electrocuted by poachers in the Chilfi East Range ...

Seychelles Joins the Colombo Security Conclave

Seychelles Joins the Colombo Security Conclave

Why in news? At the seventh National Security Adviser‑level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) held in New Delhi, Seychelles was admitte...

Enceladus – Saturn’s Hidden Ocean World

Enceladus – Saturn’s Hidden Ocean World

Why in news? A team of scientists analysing data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected previously unknown organic molecules in the ice grains ...

Inland Waterways Authority of India

Inland Waterways Authority of India

Why in news? The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signed a series of agreements worth about ₹3,000 crore during India Maritime Week 2025. ...

Doctrine of Clean Hands

Doctrine of Clean Hands

Why in news? A recent ruling by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court clarified that the “clean hands” doctrine cannot be invoked to deny relie...

Indian Pond Heron

Indian Pond Heron

Why in news? Civil‑society naturalists in Visakhapatnam recently documented large groups of Indian Pond Herons and Cattle Egrets undertaking nocturn...

Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)

Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)

Why in news? The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently attended the 11th Joint Crediting Mechanism Partner Countries’ M...

Pharmacogenomics

Pharmacogenomics

Why in news? With the rise of precision medicine, pharmacogenomics has attracted renewed attention from researchers and health‑care providers. Recen...

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