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Why in news? Botanists from Tamil Nadu have described a new species of the grape family, Cyphostemma annamalaii, from the sacred forest of Sanjeevi Hi...
Why in news? Conservationists report that Bhutan now hosts around 31 white‑bellied herons, roughly half of the fewer than 60 of these critically end...
Why in news? In early May 2026 a fuel tanker named M/T Eureka was hijacked by unidentified armed men off the coast of Yemen. The attackers steered the...
Why in news? On 6 May 2026 the Union Health Minister launched the Swasth Bharat Portal at the tenth National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and ...
Why in news? Social media posts in May 2026 showed rare camera‑trap photographs of a rusty spotted cat in a village field in central India. The imag...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Fakir Mohan University announced in May 2026 that they had documented the snapp...
Why in news? The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) will hold its inaugural summit in New Delhi on 1–2 June 2026. Delegates and experts from 95 b...
Why in news? UNESCO’s 2025 World Heritage Outlook rated the conservation outlook for the Galapagos Islands as of “significant concern,” citing i...
Why in news? On 28 April 2026 the Rajasthan High Court vacated a stay on a 100 MW solar project near Sambhar Lake. The court allowed the project to go...
Why in news? India’s External Affairs Minister visited Paramaribo in early May 2026 for the eighth India–Suriname Joint Commission Meeting. The vi...
Why in news? In May 2026 Pakistani authorities returned the body of a nine‑year‑old boy from Kargil who had drowned in the Suru River on 20 March ...
Why in news? A mushroom exploration team from the Central Agriculture University in Pasighat reported in May 2026 that they had found a rare Cordyceps...
Why in news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj announced that it will extend the Samarth Panchayat Portal to more states, including Assam, Uttar Pradesh ...
Why in news? In early May 2026, militants linked to Boko Haram attacked a Chadian army post on Barka Tolorom Island in Lake Chad. The assault left 23 ...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India identified a new species of freshwater crab, Indopotamon alipurduarense, in the paddy fie...
Why in news? On 5 May 2026 a country boat carrying six people capsized in the Mahi River near Bhainsau village in Rajasthan’s Banswara district. Res...
Why in news? Bhutan signed a financing package worth $515 million with the World Bank to build the 1,125 megawatt Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Projec...
Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India informed the Supreme Court that its UDGAM (Unclaimed Deposits – Gateway to Access Information) portal has rec...
Why in news? Vikram, a 21‑year‑old Bengal tiger that once roamed Jim Corbett National Park, died at the Dhela Rescue Centre in early May 2026. Vet...
Why in news? Botanists reported the discovery of three new plant species in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh: Euphorbia ananthapuramensis, Euphorbi...
