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Bonda Tribe – Guardians of Odisha’s Hills
Why in news? The Bonda tribe came into focus in 2025 after the government announced housing assistance for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG...
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Why in news? The Bonda tribe came into focus in 2025 after the government announced housing assistance for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG...
Why in news? The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), India’s flagship crop insurance scheme, completed nearly nine years of implementation by ...
Why in news? The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its Human Development Report 2025 in May 2025. The report notes that India’s ...
Why in news? On 26 November 2025, heavy gunfire erupted in the West African nation of Guinea‑Bissau. Soldiers from the presidential guard seized c...
Why in news? India has decided to procure additional Heron Mk II unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel to strengthen intelligence, surveillanc...
Why in news? With increasing awareness about sustainable waste management, scientists and policymakers are exploring bioremediation as an eco‑friend...
Why in news? At the 50th‑anniversary conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Geneva, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar urged...
Why in news? The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued show‑cause notices to the Kerala Chief Minister and officials of the Kerala Infrastructure ...
Why in news? The 14th edition of Exercise Ekuverin, the annual bilateral military exercise between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence F...
Why in news? On 28 November 2025, India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) privately directed smartphone manufacturers to pre‑install the ...
Why in news? A report in Down To Earth magazine in December 2025 exposed how villages in Budhikhamari panchayat of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, are dr...
Why in news? On 1 December 2025 the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) announced the Trade Enablement and Marketing (TEAM) Initi...
Why in news? The 26th edition of the Hornbill Festival opened on 1 December 2025 at the Naga Heritage Village near Kohima, coinciding with Nagaland�...
Why in news? Researchers conducting biodiversity surveys in the Western Ghats have reported the discovery of a new species of damselfly. The insect, n...
Why in news? During the 128th episode of his radio programme Mann Ki Baat on 30 November 2025, the Prime Minister highlighted Ramban Sulai Honey and o...
Why in news? In the same Mann Ki Baat episode, the Prime Minister mentioned the Khiamniungan (also spelled Khiamniungan or Khiamni‑Yangan) tribe of ...
Why in news? The Darjeeling Mandarin orange, a citrus variety grown on the hills of West Bengal, was granted a Geographical Indication tag on 24 Novem...
Why in news? The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been carrying out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and thr...
Why in news? A team of researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, has rediscov...
Why in news? Conservation scientists, using satellite imagery under the Walrus from Space project, have identified a previously unknown walrus haul‑...