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Why in news? A newly described species of fossil harvestman has been found preserved in Baltic amber. The specimen, named Balticolasma wunderlichi, i...
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Why in news? A newly described species of fossil harvestman has been found preserved in Baltic amber. The specimen, named Balticolasma wunderlichi, i...
Why in news? The harvest festival of Baisakhi was celebrated on 14 April 2026. Observed on the first day of the month of Vaisakh, it marks the Punja...
Why in news? Underwater archaeologists announced the recovery of more than a thousand Roman artefacts from Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The objects...
Why in news? Researchers have discovered a new species of bent‑toed gecko near Raimona National Park in Assam. The gecko has been named Cyrtodactylu...
Why in news? A new climate modelling study warns that a complete collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could release large amoun...
h3>Why in news? The board of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has approved its first‑ever bonus issue of equity shares. Shareholders will r...
Why in news? An investigative report has uncovered a widespread black market for counterfeit vials of Keytruda, an expensive cancer immunotherapy drug...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India has signalled that it will not alter the traditional worship practices at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan...
Why in news? A recent study has revealed that the green pill millipede (Arthrosphaera lutescens), a species native to India’s Western Ghats, possess...
Why in news? A multi‑institute study led by Nagaland University has found that a traditional five‑plant herbal formulation used by the Konyak trib...
Why in news? The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently classified the emperor penguin as an Endangered species. Melting sea i...
Why in news? On 12 April 2026, contingents from the Indian Army and Uzbek armed forces kicked off the seventh edition of Exercise Dustlik at the Gurum...
Why in news? The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways recently reported that the government’s Sagarmala programme is progressing well. As of Ma...
Why in news? During the first phase of India’s general elections in April 2026, polling officials had to trek through dense forests and cross swolle...
Why in news? Recent measurements show that the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) — a region over South America and the South Atlantic where Earth’s mag...
Why in news? The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has proposed declaring an Eco‑Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Karnataka’s Ka...
Why in news? Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have intensified restoration of Wular Lake, one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes. By April 2026, the...
Why in news? A study published in Neurology and reported in early April 2026 found that people with higher vitamin D levels in their 30s and 40s had f...
Why in news? On 10 April 2026, state‑owned Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) received environmental clearance from the Argentine government to und...
Why in news? In early January 2026, forest officials launched the third spell of the All India Tiger Estimation 2026 at the Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam...