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Why in news? The death of 37‑year‑old Indian technology professional Chiranjeevi Kolla on 5 May 2026 in California drew attention to Valley Fever,...
Why in news? On 12 May 2026 the Ministry of Mines, in collaboration with the Government of Jammu & Kashmir, launched the second tranche of auctions fo...
Why in news? Naturalists in Mumbai’s Aarey forest recently reported the presence of Cyrtodactylus varadgiri, a rare ground‑dwelling gecko named af...
Why in news? In early May 2026 the United Kingdom carried out its first medical parachute mission. An RAF A400M aircraft flew more than 3,000 kilometr...
Why in news? NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, en route to the metal‑rich asteroid 16 Psyche, photographed Mars as a thin crescent in early May 2026. The ...
Why in news? The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) recently released a group of long‑billed vultures, also called Indian vultures, into Melghat ...
Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) park at Warangal in Telang...
Why in news? On 7 May 2026 the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‑Habitat) unveiled the Catalogue of Solutions 2026‑2029 during the se...
Why in news? World Lupus Day is observed every year on 10 May to raise awareness about lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. The 2026 campaign urged go...
Why in news? Rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted shipping routes through the Persian Gulf. To keep supplies flowing, Indian exporte...
Why in news? The Sabarmati River is often mentioned in civil services examinations because it flows through Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, two of Gujarat�...
Why in news? India and Brazil have been exploring ways to expand their preferential trade agreement. This has renewed interest in MERCOSUR, the South ...
Why in news? India recently hosted the 35th plenary and working‑group meetings of the International Organisation for Standardisation’s (ISO) Sub�...
Why in news? A wooden dhow carrying 18 Indian crew members caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz in early May 2026. The blaze, which injured four peop...
Why in news? India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, visited Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago as part of a three‑nation Caribbean to...
Why in news? Social media users recently shared videos of pastel‑coloured “rainbow clouds” seen in the skies over Indonesia. The spectacle spark...
Why in news? Scientists from the ICAR–National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources recently described a new species of freshwater fish, Labeo kaage, fr...
Why in news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj announced the winners of the National Panchayat Awards 2025 on 9 May 2026. Forty‑two Panchayats across I...
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard commissioned ICGS Achal, a new state‑of‑the‑art Fast Patrol Vessel, on 9 May 2026 at Goa Shipyard. The vesse...
Why in news? A scientific paper published in May 2026 analysed the landslide‑triggered tsunami that struck Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord on 10 August 2...
