Pallas's Gull Sighting: Chandratal Lake, Spiti Valley & Migration Route
Why in news? During a field visit to Chandratal Lake in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley in August 2025, birdwatchers recorded the first confirmed si...
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Why in news? During a field visit to Chandratal Lake in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley in August 2025, birdwatchers recorded the first confirmed si...
Why in news? The government has restructured the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, extending it to March 2030 and introduc...
Why in news? From 24 to 30 May 2026 a group of 56 Indian school students and four supervisors visited Japan under the Sakura Science Exchange Prog...
Why in news? India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh took part in the 2026 Shangri‑La Dialogue in Singapore. During the conference he held...
Why in news? In late May 2026 officials at Assam’s Kaziranga National Park reported sightings of an albino hog deer. Photographs shared by the state...
Why in news? During a visit to border outposts in Gujarat on 29 May 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced plans to create a quadrangular secur...
Why in news? The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR‑IIIM) is hosting the 4th Lavender Fe...
Why in news? On 22 May 2026 more than 500 villagers from the Banni region of Kachchh, Gujarat staged a protest against a proposed solar park near the ...
Why in news? Geopolitical tensions in West Asia in early 2026 disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and other chokepoints. Global nickel pri...
Why in news? In May 2026 the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department obtained the first photographic evidence of a Himalayan brown bear in the Gamgul Siyab...
Why in news? On 27 May 2026 the Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini reached Antigua in the Caribbean after completing the longest leg of...
Why in news? The Department of Financial Services launched a unified portal on 29 May 2026 to help citizens trace unclaimed deposits, insurance claims...