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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? A scientific paper published in December 2025 reported that seven Galaxy Frogs (Melanobatrachus indicus) observed in Kerala’s Western G...
Why in news? Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated a newly resurfaced and extended runway at the Indian Air Force base on Car Nicoba...
Why in news? On 3 January 2026 the United States launched large‑scale air strikes on Venezuelan military installations and communications centres. T...
Why in news? Birdwatchers at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu recently observed a rare Eastern Imperial Eagle during its winter migration. Si...
Why in news? President Droupadi Murmu attended a programme in early January 2026 to promote the Skilling for AI Readiness (SOAR) initiative. At the ev...
Why in news? A recent observational study, published in late 2025, examined patterns of treatment and outcomes among patients with cellulitis. Althoug...
Why in news? State‑owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced on 1 January 2026 that it had rolled out Voice over WiFi ser...
Why in news? The Allahabad High Court, while deciding a mining dispute on 30 December 2025, observed that District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) are a be...
Why in news? On 31 December 2025 the Ministry of Rural Development launched Land Stack, a pilot platform in Chandigarh and Tamil Nadu that integrates ...
Why in news? A small locomotive transporting workers and officials collided with another trolley inside a tunnel of the Vishnugad–Pipalkoti hydropow...
Why in news? Indonesian disaster authorities raised the alert level of Mount Bur Ni Telong in Aceh to Level III after recording a series of shallow an...
Why in news? In December 2025 two municipalities in Peru’s Amazon—Satipo and Nauta—granted legal rights to stingless bees. This pioneering decis...
Why in news? Nature lovers were excited when the Sirkeer Malkoha, a shy bird usually found in the plains, was recorded for the first time in Uttarkash...
Why in news? On 30 December 2025, India’s Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth over ₹4,600 crore to procure more than 4.25 lakh 5.56 × 45 m...
Why in news? In December 2025 copper futures on the London Metal Exchange surpassed US$12,000 per tonne, a historic high. Prices have risen more than ...
Why in news? Scientists at Kolkata’s S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences announced PathGennie, an open‑source algorithm that drastically ...
Why in news? Nimesulide, a popular pain‑relief medicine, returned to headlines when India’s health ministry ordered a ban on all oral formulations...
Why in news? During Russia’s Zapad 2025 military exercises and subsequent announcements, Moscow highlighted a new missile called the Oreshnik. Weste...
Why in news? In December 2025 India successfully tested two Pralay short‑range ballistic missiles from a mobile launcher off the Odisha coast. The t...