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Exercise Ekuverin – India–Maldives joint military drill

Exercise Ekuverin – India–Maldives joint military drill

Why in news? The 14th edition of Exercise Ekuverin, the annual bilateral military exercise between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence F...

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Why in news? The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued show‑cause notices to the Kerala Chief Minister and officials of the Kerala Infrastructure ...

Reinforcing the Biological Weapons Convention after 50 years

Reinforcing the Biological Weapons Convention after 50 years

Why in news? At the 50th‑anniversary conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Geneva, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar urged...

Bioremediation – using microbes to clean polluted environments

Bioremediation – using microbes to clean polluted environments

Why in news? With increasing awareness about sustainable waste management, scientists and policymakers are exploring bioremediation as an eco‑friend...

Heron Mk II – India’s newly procured surveillance UAV

Heron Mk II – India’s newly procured surveillance UAV

Why in news? India has decided to procure additional Heron Mk II unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel to strengthen intelligence, surveillanc...

Political instability and poverty in Guinea‑Bissau

Political instability and poverty in Guinea‑Bissau

Why in news? On 26 November 2025, heavy gunfire erupted in the West African nation of Guinea‑Bissau. Soldiers from the presidential guard seized c...

TEAM scheme – bridging MSMEs to e‑commerce via ONDC

TEAM scheme – bridging MSMEs to e‑commerce via ONDC

Why in news? On 1 December 2025 the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) announced the Trade Enablement and Marketing (TEAM) Initi...

Fluoride contamination in Odisha: health crisis in Mayurbhanj

Fluoride contamination in Odisha: health crisis in Mayurbhanj

Why in news? A report in Down To Earth magazine in December 2025 exposed how villages in Budhikhamari panchayat of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, are dr...

Sanchar Saathi – government initiative to secure mobile connections

Sanchar Saathi – government initiative to secure mobile connections

Why in news? On 28 November 2025, India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) privately directed smartphone manufacturers to pre‑install the ...

Bamboo Shrimp rediscovered in India after seven decades

Bamboo Shrimp rediscovered in India after seven decades

Why in news? A team of researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, has rediscov...

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) – custodians of the electoral roll

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) – custodians of the electoral roll

Why in news? The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been carrying out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and thr...

Darjeeling Mandarin Orange receives GI status

Darjeeling Mandarin Orange receives GI status

Why in news? The Darjeeling Mandarin orange, a citrus variety grown on the hills of West Bengal, was granted a Geographical Indication tag on 24 Novem...

Khiamniungan Tribe of Nagaland

Khiamniungan Tribe of Nagaland

Why in news? In the same Mann Ki Baat episode, the Prime Minister mentioned the Khiamniungan (also spelled Khiamniungan or Khiamni‑Yangan) tribe of ...

Ramban Sulai Honey – wild basil nectar from Jammu and Kashmir

Ramban Sulai Honey – wild basil nectar from Jammu and Kashmir

Why in news? During the 128th episode of his radio programme Mann Ki Baat on 30 November 2025, the Prime Minister highlighted Ramban Sulai Honey and o...

Norovirus – the “winter vomiting disease” spreading in the US

Norovirus – the “winter vomiting disease” spreading in the US

Why in news? Health authorities in the United States have reported a spike in norovirus infections, with more than 14 % of tests turning positive in r...

Venezuela and the controversy over closing its airspace

Venezuela and the controversy over closing its airspace

Why in news? On 29 November 2025, former US President Donald Trump declared on social media that his administration would “close the airspace above ...

Sariska Tiger Reserve adopts drones for tiger monitoring

Sariska Tiger Reserve adopts drones for tiger monitoring

Why in news? The Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan has acquired drones to monitor its increasing tiger population and to curb illegal activities such...

Svalbard – Norway’s Arctic archipelago and new walrus haul‑out

Svalbard – Norway’s Arctic archipelago and new walrus haul‑out

Why in news? Conservation scientists, using satellite imagery under the Walrus from Space project, have identified a previously unknown walrus haul‑...

Protosticta sooryaprakashi – the new Kodagu Shadowdamsel

Protosticta sooryaprakashi – the new Kodagu Shadowdamsel

Why in news? Researchers conducting biodiversity surveys in the Western Ghats have reported the discovery of a new species of damselfly. The insect, n...

Gene Therapy Breakthrough for β‑Thalassemia

Gene Therapy Breakthrough for β‑Thalassemia

Why in news? Researchers in France have reported promising results from a gene‑editing therapy that corrects the root cause of β‑thalassemia, a h...

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