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Why in news? The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) released its World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 report. T...
Why in news? Researchers studying amphibians in Arunachal Pradesh have described two previously unknown frogs: Soman’s Slender‑Arm Frog (Leptobrac...
Why in news? On 9 January 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National IED Data Management System. Developed by the National Security ...
Why in news? The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has launched the BHARATI Startup Challenge to encourage...
Why in news? Philippine authorities raised the alert level of Mayon Volcano to Level 3 after increased rockfalls, lava accumulation and pyroclastic de...
Why in news? Researchers using data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reported the discovery of asteroid 2025 MN45, which rotates faster than any oth...
Why in news? The Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) marked its 125th foundation day with commemorative events and a workshop titled “Safe Mi...
Why in news? The Senapati Forest Division in Manipur recently launched a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercise in villages near the source of t...
Why in news? Forest staff in Tamil Nadu’s Anamalai Tiger Reserve began using the Monitoring System for Tigers: Intensive Protection and Ecological S...
Why in news? For the first time, India participated in a meeting of the Weimar Triangle, a political grouping of France, Germany and Poland. External ...
Why in news? The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that struck New Zealand’s North Island on 9 Januar...
Why in news? The Government of India’s Public Investment Board recently approved the 1,720‑megawatt Kamala Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Prad...
Why in news? India’s home‑grown Long Range Anti‑Ship Missile (LRAShM) will be showcased during the 2026 Republic Day parade. The missile represe...
Why in news? India has entered the era of “clean, green highways” after successfully transferring technology to produce bio‑bitumen from farm re...
Why in news? The Sports Authority of India (SAI) kicked off a four‑day Sports Sciences Workshop in New Delhi for coaches of boxing, wrestling and ...
Why in news? The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Maharashtra has launched a large‑scale sterilisation and vaccination programme for stray dog...
Why in news? As of 31 December 2025, 50,373 public health facilities across India have been certified under the National Quality Assurance Standards. ...
Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that its Dust Experiment instrument recorded an interplanetary dust particle ente...
Why in news? The Centre has granted a Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Nagauri Ashwagandha, a distinctive variety of the medicinal herb Withania so...
Why in news? The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has enabled online ticket booking for more than 170 centrally protected monuments and museums, i...
