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Why in news? The government has announced the continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) with additional subsidies for poor households. ...
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Why in news? The government has announced the continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) with additional subsidies for poor households. ...
Why in news? The Indian Council of Medical Research and the Department of Health Research have launched the SHINE initiative to popularise science amo...
Why in news? The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) monthly Food Price Index has shown mixed trends, prompting questions about global food se...
Why in news? The Railway Ministry recently ran a record‑breaking freight train known as Rudrastra covering more than 3.5 km in length. It is the lon...
Why in news? Reports from Israel indicate that the Sea of Galilee recently appeared reddish‑brown due to an algae bloom. This phenomenon has ecologi...
Why in News? August 2025 marks the eightieth anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War. The commemorati...
Why in News? India plans to launch a carbon credit trading market in 2026. Biochar is being recognised as a promising technology for removing carbon d...
Why in News? The Chief of Defence Staff has released declassified joint doctrines for cyberspace and amphibious operations, signalling a more integrat...
Why in News? Between January and April 2025, India recorded around 131,000 foreign tourist arrivals for medical purposes, signalling a sharp rise in m...
Why in News? A wedding in Malappuram, Kerala, drew national attention when the groom offered Sharia‑compliant company shares as mehr (dower) instead...
Why in News? The Prime Minister inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan‑03, the first of ten planned Common Central Secretariat buildings under the Central Vist...
Why in News? Brazil has filed a complaint against the United States at the WTO over a 50 % tariff on Brazilian imports, drawing attention to the organ...
Why in News? The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its largest decline in coral cover in nearly four decades, largely due to severe coral bleaching, ...
Why in News? The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is preparing for the world’s first planned relocation of its population to Australia under the Fale...
Why in News? The US Department of Energy has selected Standard Nuclear as the first company to develop next‑generation TRISO nuclear fuel, aiming to...
Why in News? A Sudanese airstrike on the Nyala airport in South Darfur reportedly killed dozens of foreign mercenaries and destroyed an aircraft. The ...
Why in News? A new form of techno‑capitalism is taking shape in the United States, emphasising deregulation of artificial intelligence and digital f...
Why in News? The Enforcement Directorate uncovered a ₹260 crore international cyber‑fraud case in which criminals laundered money through cryptocu...
Why in News? The killing of a civilian seeking food aid in Gaza has drawn attention to the concept of necropolitics, which examines how power structur...
Why in News? The first auction under India’s Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Scheme resulted in a record‑low price o...