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Light‑based Computers (Optical Computers)
Why in news? Researchers at Tampere University in Finland and Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in France demonstrated that intense light pulses trav...
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Why in news? Researchers at Tampere University in Finland and Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in France demonstrated that intense light pulses trav...
Why in news? Scientists raised alarms that Pugad, a small island in the Philippines’ Bulacan province, is subsiding rapidly while sea levels around ...
Why in news? The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 was introduced in Parliament. It proposes automatic removal of Prime Minister, Chief Minist...
Why in news? Severe floods and landslides in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kashmir during the 2025 monsoon season highlighted the conseque...
Why in news? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran reached a breakthrough agreement in September 2025 that allows inspectors to resum...
Why in news? Scientists at the MACS–Agharkar Research Institute in Pune discovered two previously unknown species of black aspergilli (section Nigri...
Why in news? India inaugurated its first overseas Atal Innovation Centre (AIC) at the IIT Delhi – Abu Dhabi campus during the Education Minister’s...
Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed its 100th technology‑transfer agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) t...
Why in news? The 2027 Census of India will, for the first time, include geotagging of all buildings during the Houselisting Operations scheduled for 2...
Why in news? The rapid growth of decentralised finance has raised concerns about its potential use for terror financing and money laundering. Experts ...
Why in news? Russia’s state‑owned energy company Gazprom signed an agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation to build the Power of Siber...
Why in news? China announced the creation of a national nature reserve on Huangyan Island, also known as Scarborough Shoal, in the South China Sea. Th...
Why in news? A newspaper column described loneliness as the biggest “corporate disease” among India’s working youth (aged 25–35). The piece dr...
Why in news? Public debates on gender roles, dowry deaths, domestic violence and the undervaluation of women’s unpaid work have renewed focus on the...
Why in news? China recently tightened controls on rare earth mining and processing, reinforcing its global dominance. This development has sparked dis...
Why in news? An Indian Armed Forces contingent departed for Russia to participate in Exercise Zapad 2025, a multilateral military drill at the Mulino ...
Why in news? On 9 September 2025 the Electoral College of Parliament elected CP Radhakrishnan as India’s fifteenth Vice President. He defeated Justi...
Why in news? Launched during the 2024 India–UK Economic and Financial Dialogue, the UKIIFB marked its first anniversary with a report recommending p...
Why in news? The Indian government licensed five domestic firms to manufacture and commercialise AdFalciVax, the country’s first indigenous multi‑...
Why in news? Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River. The megadam is Africa’s largest hydroelectric project....