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Sharavathi Lion‑Tailed Macaque Sanctuary
Why in news? The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to halt all construction and ground activities within the Sharavathi Lion‑Tai...
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Why in news? The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to halt all construction and ground activities within the Sharavathi Lion‑Tai...
Why in news? On 10 March 2026 India celebrated the Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security Force. Messages from the Prime Minister and Home Min...
Why in news? Roopkund, a small glacial lake high in Uttarakhand’s Himalayas, continues to fascinate scientists and travellers because hundreds of an...
Why in news? A Parliamentary Committee has urged Indian Railways to conduct regular surveys of passenger satisfaction and evaluate the impact of redev...
Why in news? The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has paused its AI‑based Anavaran‑Deforestation Alert System, which had been sending fortnightly aler...
Why in news? India and Seychelles have commenced the 10th edition of Exercise LAMITIYE in March 2026. The joint military exercise, whose name means �...
Why in news? The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) have jointly launched a National Highways G...
Why in news? India has dispatched 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to the Republic of Malawi to help alleviate food shortages caused by prolonged drought l...
Why in news? A tourist group visiting Maharashtra’s Sinhagad Fort was attacked by a swarm of bees in early March 2026, injuring about 25 people. For...
Why in news? India has developed a new long‑range swarm attack unmanned aerial system known as Sheshnaag‑150. Reports in March 2026 revealed that ...
Why in news? Access to Gurudongmar Lake in north Sikkim has reopened after being closed for more than two years following a glacier lake outburst floo...
Why in news? Researchers analysing data from NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission have found that the mission not only altered the...
Why in news? Two large oarfish, sometimes nicknamed “doomsday fish”, were spotted by divers near Cabo San Lucas on Mexico’s Pacific coast in ear...
Why in news? A comprehensive bird survey conducted in Silent Valley National Park in Kerala in February 2026 recorded 192 species, including several m...
Why in news? Authorities recently arrested a group of youths after they fired an old cannon and shouted slogans at the Archaeological Survey of India ...
Why in news? Marine scientists from Berhampur University in Odisha have reported the first record of Stenothoe lowryi, a tiny shrimp‑like amphipod, ...
Why in news? During recent escalations in the Middle East, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have used its Kheybar Shekan m...
Why in news? Human Rights Watch recently accused the Israeli military of using white‑phosphorus artillery shells in the Lebanese town of Yohmor on 3...
Why in news? Hospitals across the United States West Coast and parts of Northern California have reported a surge in infections caused by human metapn...
Why in news? The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) announced that it had dismantled a pan‑India drug distribution network operating under the code name...