Environment
Cuban Gar Conservation Efforts
Why in news? Conservationists in Cuba have stepped up efforts to restore populations of the Cuban gar, a prehistoric fish now listed as critically end...
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Why in news? Conservationists in Cuba have stepped up efforts to restore populations of the Cuban gar, a prehistoric fish now listed as critically end...
Why in news? The Abujhmadiya tribal community garnered attention after athletes from the group participated in the Bastar Olympics, a regional sports ...
Why in news? Botanists announced the discovery of a new species, Hoya dawodiensis, in the remote Vijaynagar valley of Changlang district in Arunachal ...
Why in news? Marine scientists have reported that a prolonged marine heatwave has killed or severely bleached a large portion of coral at Western Aust...
Why in news? A new analysis of health records from more than 11 million U.S. military veterans has found that untreated obstructive sleep apnea nearly...
Why in news? The 19th edition of Exercise SURYAKIRAN, a joint military exercise between India and Nepal, began on 25 November 2025 at Pithoragarh in U...
Why in news? The India Meteorological Department warned that two developing weather systems in the Bay of Bengal could interact through the Fujiwhara ...
Why in news? A video filmed by forest guards at Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh went viral after it showed a tigress swimming across the Denwa...
Why in news? The Indian Army held its first official commemoration of Operation Pawan at the National War Memorial in New Delhi. Veterans and families...
Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the Cyber Security Innovation Challenge 1.0 under the ongoin...
Why in news? The Ministry of Finance has notified the Capital Gains Accounts (Second Amendment) Scheme, 2025. The changes expand the list of banks aut...
Why in news? Viral videos have surfaced showing roasted chana (gram) being coated with an industrial dye known as Auramine O to make it appear brighte...
Why in news? Researchers have used stalagmites from Slovenia’s Postojna Cave to derive mathematical equations that explain how different shapes form...
Why in news? Residents of Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district have launched a grassroots campaign to revive the Pazhayar or Pahrali River. The river h...
Why in news? Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed a joint venture agreement with France’s Safran Electronics & Defence to manufacture the Hig...
Why in news? The shield volcano Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia’s Afar region erupted on 23 November 2025, sending ash up to 15 kilometres into the sky. Thi...
Why in news? India hosted the 10th session of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) in New Delhi on ...
Why in news? A Supreme Court bench recently criticised the Income Tax Department for filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in a case already settled b...
Why in news? The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has released draft guidelines for Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP) 2...
Why in news? The biennial maritime exercise AUSINDEX, jointly conducted by the Indian and Australian navies, concluded its 2025 edition in the western...