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Rare Red‑Breasted Parakeet Spotted at NIT Patna
Why in news? Two pairs of red‑breasted parakeets, also known as moustached parakeets, were recently seen flying around the campus of the National In...
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Why in news? Two pairs of red‑breasted parakeets, also known as moustached parakeets, were recently seen flying around the campus of the National In...
Why in news? A young tigress from Madhya Pradesh’s Pench Tiger Reserve was safely translocated to the Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan o...
Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) recently handed over seven indigenously developed technologies to the Indian Arm...
Why in news? A large international study has found that older adults who receive a shingles vaccine have a lower risk of dying from dementia. Research...
Why in news? The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given in‑principle approval for the creation of the Raajmarg Infrastructure Inves...
Why in news? India’s civil aviation regulator temporarily relaxed flight‑duty time rules for IndiGo pilots after a sudden wave of cancellations in...
Why in news? Niger has been officially recognised as the first African country to halt the transmission of onchocerciasis, also known as river blindne...
Why in news? Alongside the December 2025 repo rate cut, the Reserve Bank of India announced that it would purchase government securities worth ₹1 tr...
Why in news? A joint committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recommended that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) be pen...
Why in news? The fifth edition of Exercise Harimau Shakti, a bilateral military exercise between India and Malaysia, began on 5 December 2025 at the M...
Why in news? The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) recently celebrated a decade of successful operation of the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVI...
Why in news? Geologists examining decades‑old magnetic data recently concluded that the Afar region in northeastern Africa is splitting apart as tec...
