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Why in news? A recent science column highlighted the Indian harmonium for its ingenious mechanical design and enduring role in Indian music. Unlike el...
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Why in news? A recent science column highlighted the Indian harmonium for its ingenious mechanical design and enduring role in Indian music. Unlike el...
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Why in news? An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July 2025. The undersea quake triggered a tsunami that pro...
Why in news? A recent study of Annual Survey of Industries data from 1999–2019 revealed that contract labour in India’s formal manufacturing secto...
Why in news? The International Monetary Fund’s July 2025 World Economic Outlook update revised India’s growth forecast upward to 6.4% for both fin...
Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successive flight‑tests of the Pralay quasi‑ballistic missile ...
Why in news? To mark five years of the National Education Policy, the Union Education Minister issued Letters of Intent (LoIs) to four overseas univer...
Why in news? Researchers reported that glaciers on Mount Cilo in southeastern Turkey have lost nearly 50% of their ice cover over the past four decade...
Why in news? The Indian Army launched Operation ShivShakti to prevent infiltration across the Line of Control in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir. I...
Why in news? Scientists at the Rotary Bangalore TTK Blood Centre identified a previously unknown human blood group, now named CRIB (Cromer India Benga...
Why in news? Kaziranga Tiger Reserve in Assam was reported to have the third‑highest tiger density in India in 2024, following Bandipur in Karnataka...
Why in news? India’s courts are facing a backlog of more than five crore cases. With a large number of judge vacancies and slow disposal of civil su...
Why in news? The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) completed five years on 29 July 2025. The Union government marked the anniversary by highli...
Why in news? Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir conducted a successful counter‑terrorism mission near Srinagar in July 2025. The operation neutral...
Why in news? Indian prodigy Divya Deshmukh made history by winning the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025 in Batumi, Georgia. She defeated fellow Ind...
Why in news? The Ministry of Culture informed Parliament that cultural profiles have been compiled for more than 4.7 lakh villages under the “Mera G...
Why in news? The Indian Army conducted Exercise Divya Drishti in East Sikkim to test artificial‑intelligence‑powered battlefield technologies unde...
Why in news? International Tiger Day, observed every year on 29 July, drew special attention in 2025 because India announced that it hosts three‑qua...
Why in news? During the birth anniversary celebrations of Rajendra Chola I at Gangaikonda Cholapuram, the Indian Prime Minister praised the Chola dyna...