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Free trade deals threaten farmers’ seed rights, warns GRAIN
Why in news? International advocacy group GRAIN released a report in October 2025 highlighting how recent free‑trade agreements are being used to i...
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Why in news? International advocacy group GRAIN released a report in October 2025 highlighting how recent free‑trade agreements are being used to i...
Why in news? The Ministry of Mines released the first State Mining Readiness Index (SMRI) on 16 October 2025. The index evaluates how effectively st...
Why in news? Data from the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite mission, released in October 2025, show that the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) �...
Why in news? The 8th Session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) concluded in Guwahati on 17 October 2025. Delegates from mo...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India permitted the sale and use of only “green” firecrackers in the Delhi–National Capital Region for Diwali�...
Why in news? Health officials in Nassau County, New York reported a locally acquired case of chikungunya virus infection in September 2025. It is the ...
Why in news? India has been chosen to serve as the co‑chair of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management Asia–Pacific Committee ...
Why in news? On 7 October 2025 the Supreme Court of India ruled that the public trust doctrine applies not only to natural water bodies but also to ma...
Why in news? Researchers analysing satellite radar data have detected an uplift of around 9 cm on the flanks of Taftan volcano in south‑eastern Iran...
Why in news? The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched the Scheme for Innovation and Technology Association with Aadhaar (SITA...
Why in news? Astronomers studying the minor body Chiron have reported evidence of a multi‑ring system around the object. By observing starlight pass...
Why in news? The 2025 edition of the Henley Passport Index has been released, ranking passports according to the number of destinations their holders ...
Why in news? Chhattisgarh’s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary now hosts a thriving population of blackbuck antelopes after they had been locally extinc...
Why in news? Following a meeting in New Delhi on 16 October 2025, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Brazil’s Vice President ...
Why in news? The Indian Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) conducted their inaugural bilateral naval exercise, known as IN‑RoKN, at Busan Na...
Why in news? During an odonate survey from 10 to 12 October 2025, researchers and forest staff recorded 83 species of dragonflies and damselflies in S...
Why in news? The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recognised the Sustainable Aquaculture in Mangrove Ecosystems (SAIME) m...
Why in news? Researchers have discovered a tiny hairy snail in the Tilari forest of Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district and named it Lagocheilus hayaomi...
Why in news? The fifth edition of the bilateral naval exercise Samudra Shakti was held at Visakhapatnam from 14 to 17 October 2025. The exercise broug...
Why in news? On 16 October 2025 the Senate of Uruguay approved a bill that allows doctors to end the lives of terminally ill adults who request it, ma...