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Why in news? The government extended the free foodgrain scheme under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for another year beginning in September 202...
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Why in news? The government extended the free foodgrain scheme under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for another year beginning in September 202...
Why in news? The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) unveiled a national network of h...
Where is Afghanistan? Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in south‑central Asia at the crossroads of the Middle East, Central Asia and the I...
Why in news? There is a growing debate on reforming India’s bail system, which many argue is inequitable and keeps poor defendants behind bars while...
Why in news? The United Nations Population Fund’s India Ageing Report 2023 highlighted that older women in India live longer than men but spend more...
Why in news? The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held its twenty‑fifth summit in Tianjin, China. Leaders discussed regional security, econom...
Why in news? India and Japan held their fifteenth annual summit in Tokyo. The two leaders adopted a “Joint Vision for the Next Decade” to deepen t...
Why in news? Financial analysts have raised concerns about a significant decline in household financial savings in India. The trend is attributed to r...
Why in news? The Union Ministry of Finance capped expenditure under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) at sixty p...
Why in news? Rajasthan became the first Indian state to implement detailed guidelines to manage street dogs in compliance with the Animal Birth Contro...
Why in news? The Ministry of Education released the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report for 2024‑25. The report s...
Why in news? The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) came under scrutiny as education experts and the Union education minister questioned ...
Why in news? The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared an official famine in Gaza, marking the first such declaration in the Mi...
Why in news? The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) announced that 2025 will be observed as the “Year of Artificial Intelligence” a...
Why in news? In‑SPACe, the government body promoting India’s space sector, facilitated the transfer of five technologies developed by the Indian S...
Why in news? Astronomers announced the discovery of a rare quadruple star system named UPM J1040‑33551 AabBab, located about eighty‑two light‑ye...
Why in news? The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago released its 2025 Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report. The study shows that air...
Why in news? An opinion piece argued that India’s vast young population could become a liability if the country fails to create jobs and impart rele...
Why in news? The United Nations Statistical Commission adopted the System of National Accounts (SNA) 2025, a new framework that broadens the way count...
Why in news? The National Annual Report and Index on Women’s Safety (NARI 2025) released its findings. The report surveyed women across Indian citie...