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Why in news? The recently held Italy–India Business Forum 2025 underscored growing ties between the two countries, prompting a renewed look at Italy...
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Why in news? The recently held Italy–India Business Forum 2025 underscored growing ties between the two countries, prompting a renewed look at Italy...
Why in news? Conservationists report that India’s Western Tragopan population has stabilised thanks to captive‑breeding efforts, but human disturb...
Why in news? Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella recently noted that India is witnessing “strong momentum” in the deployment of AI applications, inclu...
Why in news? Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu’s Department of Environment, Climate Change and Forests, has been awarded the Un...
Why in news? In a recent reply to the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Communications noted that 222 educational institutions across India are par...
Why in news? At a recent meeting, the National Steering Committee for the PM Vishwakarma Scheme approved several measures to expedite loan sanctions a...
Why in news? On 10 December 2025 the Press Information Bureau reported that NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Rese...
Why in news? Researchers recently described a new species of burrowing shieldtail snake, Rhinophis siruvaniensis, from the Siruvani Hills of the Weste...
Why in news? The Union government has been running a national campaign called “Your Money, Your Right” since 4 October 2025 to help citizens recla...
Why in news? On 10 December 2025 UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in New Delhi, in...
Why in news? The Controller General of Communication Accounts announced on 10 December 2025 that nearly 46,000 pensioners of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam...
Why in news? The Ministry of Tribal Affairs informed Parliament that the Swasthya portal, an online repository on tribal health and nutrition, does no...
Why in news? Scientists from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences used tree‑ring analysis of deodar trees from the Sangla valley in Himachal...
Why in news? Scientists at the Bose Institute in Kolkata, led by Dr Basudeb Maji, engineered a new CRISPR protein called GlowCas9 that emits light whi...
Why in news? Marine biologists from the University of Sydney reported that an unprecedented combination of marine heatwave conditions and a necrotic d...
Why in news? The Charaichung Festival was held on Majuli island in Assam from 7 to 10 December 2025 to rejuvenate the historic Charaichung Royal Bird ...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) reported two new jumping spider species from the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya. The disc...
Why in news? AvironiX, a deep‑tech drone company based in Chennai, unveiled the AviSpray‑10c in December 2025. The backpack‑sized drone aims to ...
Why in news? Scientists analysing data from ISRO’s Aditya‑L1 spacecraft reported insights into an unusual solar storm that occurred in May 2024. T...
Why in news? The Asian Waterbird Census of January 2025 reported a significant drop in migratory birds visiting Sultanpur National Park, Haryana. Only...