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Etalin Hydroelectric Project
Why in news? The 3,097 MW Etalin Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh is back in the spotlight after the Project Affected Peoples Forum (PAPF) d...
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Why in news? The 3,097 MW Etalin Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh is back in the spotlight after the Project Affected Peoples Forum (PAPF) d...
Why in news? The Government of Chhattisgarh has announced plans to develop the ancient town of Sirpur so that it can be proposed for inclusion on UNES...
Why in news? Gyanesh Kumar, India’s Chief Election Commissioner, has been elected to chair the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral A...
Why in news? The Ministry of Textiles has unveiled the Textiles Focused Research, Assessment, Monitoring, Planning and Start‑up (Tex‑RAMPS) scheme...
Why in news? An international team of scientists recently discovered that the milk of Atlantic grey seals contains an astonishing 332 different oligos...
Why in news? Scientists have reported that certain compounds found in Aloe vera could help treat Alzheimer’s disease. Using computer‑based screeni...
Why in news? Health experts have been warning that subtle changes in our skin can signal a deficiency of vitamin B12 long before serious neurological ...
Why in news? Authorities in Tiruvannamalai recently removed illegal shops and other encroachments around the Arunachalesvara Temple to create more spa...
Why in news? Researchers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital analysed a decade’s worth of data from...
Why in news? The Karnataka government announced that it would submit a revised detailed project report for the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir o...
Why in news? A rare sighting of a hawfinch was reported in Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand. Birdwatchers spotted the heavy‑billed finch, typi...
Why in news? The Israeli Cabinet approved a plan to relocate the remaining members of the Bnei Menashe community from India’s northeastern states to...
Why in news? The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology recently noted that the Entrepreneur‑in‑Residence (EIR) programme is gaining t...
Why in news? Ornithologists have raised alarms that the Finn’s weaver, an endangered bird of the Terai grasslands, is disappearing from its remainin...
Why in news? A recent epidemiological study projected that global cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) will rise by nearly 70 per cent by 2040...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India directed doctors at a Noida hospital to constitute a medical board to assess whether passive euthanasia should...
Why in news? The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 7,280 crore scheme to establish India’s first integrated supply chain for sintered rare‑earth permane...
Why in news? The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved a series of names proposed by Indian re...
Why in news? Marine scientists have reported that a prolonged marine heatwave has killed or severely bleached a large portion of coral at Western Aust...
Why in news? Botanists announced the discovery of a new species, Hoya dawodiensis, in the remote Vijaynagar valley of Changlang district in Arunachal ...