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Roman Space Telescope Nears Its Scheduled 30 August Launch

Roman Space Telescope Nears Its Scheduled 30 August Launch

Why in news?The National Aeronautics and Space Administration scheduled the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for launch on 30 August. Launch and dest...

Areca-nut Origin Fraud Tests Regional Trade Safeguards

Areca-nut Origin Fraud Tests Regional Trade Safeguards

Why in news?The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence reported a large scheme that falsely presented South-East Asian areca nuts as Bangladeshi. What in...

Andhra Police Officer Scales Europe's Mount Elbrus

Andhra Police Officer Scales Europe's Mount Elbrus

Why in news?A news report said Sub-Inspector V. Venkateswara Rao reached Mount Elbrus and displayed a 100-metre Indian flag. The reported achievement ...

Mahadayi Projects Stuck between Allocation and Clearance

Mahadayi Projects Stuck between Allocation and Clearance

Why in news?The Union government told Parliament that no Mahadayi environmental-clearance proposal from Karnataka was pending before it. Why the state...

Nashik Earthquake Swarm Prompts Denser Seismic Monitoring

Nashik Earthquake Swarm Prompts Denser Seismic Monitoring

Why in news?A cluster of shallow tremors in northern Nashik led officials to plan four continuous seismic stations. What happened Reviewed National Ce...

Iran Signals Intent to Join the New Development Bank

Iran Signals Intent to Join the New Development Bank

Why in news?Iran’s central bank governor said the country would soon join the New Development Bank. Iran is not yet a listed member. What was announ...

Long-read Sequencing Reveals Friedreich Ataxia Variants

Long-read Sequencing Reveals Friedreich Ataxia Variants

Why in news?A 2026 genetic study found under-recognised variation inside expanded repeats that cause Friedreich ataxia. The disease and its usual gene...

Oil Contamination Threatens Iran's Hara Mangrove Forests

Oil Contamination Threatens Iran's Hara Mangrove Forests

Why in news?Iranian teams began removing oil from Qeshm Island’s Hara mangroves. The source of the contamination remained unconfirmed. What is known...

SraVaani 1.0: Open Speech Model for 65 Indian Languages

SraVaani 1.0: Open Speech Model for 65 Indian Languages

Why in news?Researchers released SraVaani 1.0, an open Automatic Speech Recognition model covering 65 Indian languages and dialects. What the model do...

RSVC-AMRIT Platform Tracks Rural Technology Delivery

RSVC-AMRIT Platform Tracks Rural Technology Delivery

Why in news?An official release announced the RuTAGe Smart Village Centre (RSVC)–AMRIT platform for rural technologies. What the names mean The Rura...

Leucas droupadiae: New Coastal Herb from Tamil Nadu

Leucas droupadiae: New Coastal Herb from Tamil Nadu

Why in news?Botanists formally described a new Leucas species from coastal sand dunes in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. The discovery The peer-review...

Chips to Start-up Builds India's Chip-Design Talent Pool

Chips to Start-up Builds India's Chip-Design Talent Pool

Why in news?New programme data highlighted wider access to advanced chip-design tools and hands-on semiconductor training across Indian institutions. ...

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