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Calamaria Mizoramensis – A Newly Discovered Reed Snake
Why in news? Herpetologists from Mizoram University have identified a new species of non‑venomous reed snake in India’s northeast. Previously misi...
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Why in news? Herpetologists from Mizoram University have identified a new species of non‑venomous reed snake in India’s northeast. Previously misi...
Why in news? The Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has decided to include human rabies in its list of notifiable diseases. Beginni...
Why in news? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that a methane‑produ...
Why in news? Odisha’s newly appointed revenue and disaster management minister Prithviraj Harichandan held a high‑level meeting on 3 January 2026 ...
Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has reported steady progress under the Design Linked Incentive scheme. Several sta...
Why in news? Jammu & Kashmir and the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) have recently launched efforts to desilt the reservoir of the Sal...
Why in news? India’s Ministry of Defence announced that the animal contingent at the 77th Republic Day parade in 2026 will include two double‑hump...
Why in news? Around the world, governments have adopted programmes to fortify foods with folic acid and encourage supplementation before and during pr...
Why in news? In early January 2026 Pakistan’s Air Force test‑fired the indigenously developed Taimoor air‑launched cruise missile from a Mirage ...
Why in news? Tripura’s power minister Ratan Lal Nath announced that the state has identified ten sites along rivers such as the Gomati, Manu and Fen...
Why in news? The city of Gandhinagar in Gujarat has recorded a spike in typhoid cases during late December 2025 and early January 2026. Leaks in recen...
Why in news? India’s public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, has sought inputs from its regional station in Imphal about recruiting staff to restart liv...
Why in news? The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has set up a new Live Events Development Cell to give a structured push to India’s concer...
Why in news? The Union Environment Ministry’s expert panel has recommended environmental clearance for the Kalai‑II hydroelectric project on the L...
Why in news? A man recently climbed the main gopuram (ornamental tower) of the Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple in Tirupati while under the influence of a...
Why in news? The Prime Minister recently paid homage to Rani Velu Nachiyar on her birth anniversary, calling attention to her role as one of India’s...
Why in news? Astronomers recently weighed a rogue planet — one that does not orbit any star — by observing a gravitational microlensing event. By ...
Why in news? The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has released draft guidelines proposing a Battery Pack Aadhaar system. This framework would a...
Why in news? Scientists sampling the exhaled breath of whales with drones have detected cetacean morbillivirus circulating among humpback and sperm wh...
Why in news? The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is scheduled to inaugurate India’s first commercial‑scale tropical re...