Environment
Impatiens nimspurjae, a Balsam Named for Nirmal Purja
Why in news? A Himalayan flowering plant named after Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja received renewed public attention. The plant is I...
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Why in news? A Himalayan flowering plant named after Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja received renewed public attention. The plant is I...
Why in news? A very dark leopard cub was photographed near Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary in the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal. The animal’s black coa...
Why in news?Chinmaya Mission’s United Kingdom branch will organise a Ganga Aarti beside the Thames on 13 September 2026. The planned event The free ...
Why in news?A national audit found Escherichia coli in water-cooler samples at eight railway stations across four zones. What the audit found The Comp...
Why in news?Regional Rural Banks recorded a consolidated net profit of ₹10,177 crore during 2025–26, their highest annual total. The latest financ...
Why in news?The Union sports ministry announced the National Sports Awards 2025 on 18 August 2026. Who received recognition? Seventeen sportspersons w...
Why in news?Growers in Sagam say expanded cultivation has weakened demand and prices. They also fear that unsuitable locations may reduce the rice’s...
Why in news?The Madras High Court recognised the Thamirabarani River as a juristic person for the limited purpose of protection from pollution. The ru...
Why in news?An artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Central African Republic on 18 August. At least 30 miners died, while others remained trapped....
Why in news?Veterinarians in Madhya Pradesh used giloy within the care of a young tigress fighting canine distemper. What is giloy? Giloy is the commo...
Why in news?Researchers mapped how the Sld3–Sld7 complex detects a prepared replicative helicase and loads the Cdc45 protein. What does a helicase d...
Why in news?A 32-year-old Visakhapatnam man was diagnosed after nearly six years of recurring lymph-node swelling. He had repeatedly received treatmen...
