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Why in news? On 13 May 2026 the Union Cabinet approved a ₹37,500 crore incentive scheme to promote coal and lignite gasification projects. The progr...
Why in news? The Jharkhand government has prepared a proposal to set up India’s first dedicated human–elephant conflict research centre in the Pal...
Why in news? In early May 2026 the Uttarakhand forest department started a scientific census of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. More than 100 camera tr...
Why in news? A group of botanists from the University of Calcutta, the University of Kashmir and the Sikkim government discovered a new flowering plan...
Why in news? Mauritius and India recently opened a 3‑km airstrip and deep‑sea jetty on the remote Agalega Islands. The infrastructure, built by In...
Why in news? The Indian Ocean Rim Association has been in the spotlight as member states prepare for upcoming ministerial and dialogue meetings. India...
Why in news? On 12 May 2026 the Government of India and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launched a new Country Strategic Op...
Why in news? On International Nurses Day (12 May 2026) President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards on 15 nursing profe...
Why in news? An evaluation commissioned by the Union Ministry of Rural Development found that fixed pensions under the National Social Assistance Prog...
Why in news? On 12 May 2026 the India Meteorological Department (IMD) unveiled two artificial‑intelligence (AI)‑enabled weather models: a block‑...
Why in news? Every year on 11 May India observes National Technology Day to celebrate scientific and technological achievements. In 2026 the theme was...
Why in news? On 18 April 2026 the Union Cabinet approved the creation of the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool (BMI Pool) with a sovereign guarantee of �...
Why in news? International news reports have revealed that the United Arab Emirates secretly carried out airstrikes on Iranian infrastructure during t...
Why in news? Karnataka’s renowned Kukke Subrahmanya Temple announced that it earned about ₹167.89 crore in the financial year 2025–26. According...
Why in news? On 11 May 2026 a wild gaur (Indian bison) that had roamed through inhabited areas of Kannur district in Kerala was tranquillised and relo...
Why in news? The Ministry of Agriculture recently highlighted the achievements of the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture in a background pap...
Why in news? On 11 May 2026 the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, announced a digital platform called “One Case One Data” to integrate case info...
Why in news? The Ministry of Textiles announced on 11 May 2026 that the National Jute Board has been instrumental in deploying the Jute Crop Informati...
Why in news? During the Bio‑energy and Bio‑fertiliser Business (BBB) Summit held in May 2026, the Indian Biogas Association released a white paper...
Why in news? Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan jointly launched the SEHAT Mission (“Science Exce...
