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Why in news? The United States Federal Communications Commission authorised Reflect Orbital’s Eärendil-1 satellite on 9 July 2026. The experimental...
Why in news? The convention’s Animals Committee is meeting in Geneva from 13 to 17 July 2026. Experts are reviewing trade involving sharks, eels, co...
Why in news? Researchers described three new species of Onomastus jumping spiders from India and Sri Lanka. Two came from Kerala’s Western Ghats, wh...
Why in news? Bloomberg enabled a government bond trade through its direct terminal connection to India’s official platform. State Street Investment ...
Why in news? The Madras High Court examined pollution from ritual waste in the Thamirabarani River. Devotees were discarding clothes and other items a...
Why in news? The Centre approved all 28 major projects proposed by the Delhi government under this scheme. Their combined project cost is ₹1,647 cro...
Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to Māori ideas during an Indian community event in Auckland. He used “waka”, meaning canoe, fo...
Why in news? Dudhwa’s fourth rhinoceros census counted 53 greater one-horned rhinoceroses. Teams surveyed the reserve from 25 to 27 June 2026. The t...
Why in news? Heavy rain caused the Khawthlangtuipui River to overflow in southern Mizoram. Authorities evacuated over 80 families, while landslides bl...
Why in news? A tourist speedboat capsized near Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island on 11 July 2026. Fifteen Indian tourists died, and Vietnamese police later ...
Why in news? West Bengal began a preventive drug campaign against lymphatic filariasis in ten districts. Starting in Howrah during June 2026, health w...
Why in news? Scientists described a new freshwater red alga and named it Sheathia meghalayensis after Meghalaya. Only one very small population is pre...
Why in news? Researchers confirmed Parrot bornavirus 4 in captive Indian birds for the first time. They tested 83 parrots across three states, and 44 ...
Why in news? Scientists identified a new fungal genus from Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary and named it Hyalokamalomyces. The fungus was found on dis...
Why in news? Indian entomologists described a new coastal Karnataka thrips named Trachynotothrips vyaghravahini. They collected it from flowers at Pil...
Why in news? A new assessment examined rapid grassland loss inside Assam’s Manas Tiger Reserve. Between 1990 and 2019, researchers recorded shrinkin...
Why in news? The Global Liveability Index 2026 assessed living conditions across 173 selected cities. Copenhagen ranked first, while New Delhi stood a...
Why in news? The archive revisited five appointments notified for the National Disaster Management Authority on 29 August 2025. Three members received...
Why in news? The Union government approved deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) indexing for greater one-horned rhinoceroses. The database will identify animal...
Why in news? The Commerce Ministry reviewed Andhra Pradesh’s 2025–26 Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco marketing season. Officials discussed faster proc...
