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Why in news? Members of the Noyyal Farmers’ Protection Association in Tamil Nadu have urged the Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation to stop dumping ...
Why in news? Every year on 27 April conservationists celebrate World Tapir Day. The day aims to raise awareness about the threats facing tapirs and to...
Why in news? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will withdraw from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and ...
Why in news? Researchers have discovered a new species of “happy‑face spider” in the western Himalayas. The species has been named Theridion him...
Why in news? British maritime security groups reported that armed pirates hijacked a St. Kitts and Nevis‑flagged cargo vessel off the coast of Somal...
Why in news? A fossil bed dating back to the Holocene epoch has been discovered in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. Union Environment Minister Bhup...
Why in news? Archaeologists at the Pompeii Archaeological Park have used artificial intelligence to reconstruct the face and last moments of a man who...
Why in news? Scientists and environmentalists have warned that light pollution is threatening the famously dark night skies of Chile’s Atacama Deser...
Why in news? The Rajasthan High Court has overturned a decision by the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) that denied wildlife clearance to the Taj Am...
Why in news? A team of engineers and biologists has been exploring how to integrate living plants with electronic circuits. By turning plants into sen...
Why in news? A behavioral study from Gibraltar observed that Barbary macaques often eat soil after consuming tourist‑provided food such as bread, bi...
Why in news? A clinical trial in China reported that daily supplementation of vitamin E improved liver tissue in adults suffering from metabolic assoc...
Why in news? The debate over the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh has resurfaced after civil society groups and indigeno...
Why in news? Botanists have drawn attention to Eulophia picta, an orchid species reported from several parts of India, after new sightings were confir...
Why in news? Underwater archaeologists exploring Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk‑Kul reported the discovery of a medieval settlement submerged beneath the...
Why in news? The Ministry of Women and Child Development has invited nominations for the 2026 Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar. The national awar...
Why in news? Researchers from the University of California, Irvine reported that low dopamine levels in a key brain region directly impair memory form...
Why in news? Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has challenged a directive requiring it to join the Indian government’s Sahyog portal. The p...
Why in news? The Tamil Nadu and Kerala Forest Departments jointly conducted the third synchronised survey of the Nilgiri Tahr from 24 to 27 April 2026...
Why in news? A sustained outbreak of leaf spot disease has been troubling arecanut growers in Karnataka. To help farmers, the Central Plantation Crops...
