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AH‑64E Apache Helicopters
Why in news? India is set to receive the first batch of AH‑64E Apache attack helicopters from the United States after delays. These helicopters will...
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Why in news? India is set to receive the first batch of AH‑64E Apache attack helicopters from the United States after delays. These helicopters will...
Why in news? The Lok Sabha Secretariat announced that Members of Parliament will mark attendance digitally from their seats using a new Multi‑Media ...
Why in news? Nearly half of the construction work on the new Machilipatnam Greenfield Port in Andhra Pradesh was reported to be complete in mid‑July...
Why in news? The United Nations added the Gola‑Tiwai complex in Sierra Leone to its list of World Heritage Sites in July 2025, making it the West Af...
Why in news? The Supreme Court cautioned that promoting regionalism for electoral gains is as dangerous as communalism. The bench noted that emphasisi...
Why in news? India announced that half of its total installed power generation capacity now comes from non‑fossil fuel sources—well ahead of the 2...
Why in news? India’s statistics ministry and the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific organised a workshop on data ethics, ...
Why in news? The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed the Maharashtra Special Public Security (MSPS) Bill 2025, commonly known as the “Urban Maoi...
Why in news? The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s 2022 report revealed that most cases filed under the Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) ...
Why in news? Indian researchers announced progress in developing tandem solar cells that pair traditional silicon with perovskite materials. The proto...
Why in news? Persistent droughts in Bundelkhand and recurrent floods along Bangladesh’s Jamuna River illustrate how climate change is driving people...
Why in news? Despite almost universal bank account ownership, new data from CMIE and Piramal Enterprises show that poor households increasingly rely o...
Why in news? Astronomers confirmed that a comet designated 3I/Atlas is only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar syst...
Why in news? The ICMR–National Institute of Epidemiology launched a three‑year intervention in Punjab and Telangana after finding that Indians are...
Why in news? The investigation into the Air India Flight AI171 crash revealed that inadvertent movement of fuel control switches to the “cut‑off...
Why in news? India has started Phase 3 trials for its first home‑grown dengue vaccine, involving over 8,000 participants across 20 centres. The vac...
Why in news? Three Indian fertiliser companies—Indian Potash Limited (IPL), Krishak Bharati Cooperative (KRIBHCO) and Coromandel International—sig...
Why in news? More than 4,000 refugees from Myanmar’s Chin State crossed into Mizoram’s Champhai district in July 2025 following clashes between r...
Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) cleared the Durgapur Open‑cast Coal Mine project in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, located...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India heard two cases involving inflammatory posts and cartoons on social media. The judges warned that the growing ...