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Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) – Blacklisting of Training Partners

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) – Blacklisting of Training Partners

Why in news? The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has blacklisted 178 training partners and training centres under the Pradhan Mantr...

Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)

Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)

Why in news? The striped hyena recently appeared in news reports following sightings near human settlements and discussions about its conservation sta...

National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)

National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)

Why in news? The government recently highlighted the achievements of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) during parliamentary disc...

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS – Water detected on a cosmic visitor

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS – Water detected on a cosmic visitor

Why in news? NASA’s Swift observatory detected hydroxyl gas around the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, signalling the presence of water molecules. At t...

Bandipur Tiger Reserve – Late safari trips cancelled

Bandipur Tiger Reserve – Late safari trips cancelled

Why in news? Karnataka’s Environment Minister directed wildlife authorities to discontinue the final evening safari at Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Farme...

Scrub Typhus – Rare case detected in traveller from Gulf

Scrub Typhus – Rare case detected in traveller from Gulf

Why in news? A Gulf expatriate returning to Kerala was diagnosed with scrub typhus, a mite‑borne bacterial infection usually confined to Southeast A...

Mussels – Natural detectors of microplastics in the Mediterranean

Mussels – Natural detectors of microplastics in the Mediterranean

Why in news? Marine scientists in Greece have deployed thousands of mussels around the Saronic Gulf to measure levels of microplastic pollution. The f...

Tanzania – East African nation at a glance

Tanzania – East African nation at a glance

Why in news? Tanzania featured in current discussions about African economic partnerships and tourism opportunities. To understand its significance, i...

Indian Mouse Deer – Rare sighting in Tungareshwar Sanctuary

Indian Mouse Deer – Rare sighting in Tungareshwar Sanctuary

Why in news? Wildlife enthusiasts captured images of an Indian spotted chevrotain, commonly called the mouse deer, in Maharashtra’s Tungareshwar Wil...

Umngot (Dawki) River – Crystal clear waters now turn murky

Umngot (Dawki) River – Crystal clear waters now turn murky

Why in news? The normally transparent waters of the Umngot River in Meghalaya have turned brown due to soil and debris dumped during road construction...

Ramman Festival – Living heritage of Saloor‑Dungra

Ramman Festival – Living heritage of Saloor‑Dungra

Why in news? India’s Ramman festival returned to the spotlight after the President of India was presented with a traditional Ramman mask during a cu...

INS Savitri – Offshore Patrol Vessel visits Mauritius

INS Savitri – Offshore Patrol Vessel visits Mauritius

Why in news? The Indian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel INS Savitri made a port call to Port Louis in early November 2025. During the visit the ship�...

Cycad Plants – Ancient ornamentals under the scanner

Cycad Plants – Ancient ornamentals under the scanner

Why in news? Researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, are investigating whether the seeds of cycad plants cont...

India Embarks on Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Production

India Embarks on Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Production

Why in news? Odisha’s chief minister recently laid the foundation stone for the country’s first end‑to‑end silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor...

New Amphipod Species Discovered

New Amphipod Species Discovered

Why in news? Marine biologists from Berhampur University in Odisha and Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University have uncovered two tiny crustaceans n...

Pilia malenadu – A Rediscovered Jumping Spider

Pilia malenadu – A Rediscovered Jumping Spider

Why in news? Researchers documenting spiders in the Western Ghats have described a new species of jumping spider named Pilia malenadu. The genus Pilia...

Heavy Metals Polluting the Cauvery River

Heavy Metals Polluting the Cauvery River

Why in news? A comprehensive study published in Environmental Earth Sciences has highlighted alarming levels of heavy metals in sediments and fishes o...

Pampadum Shola National Park Restores Its Grasslands

Pampadum Shola National Park Restores Its Grasslands

Why in news? Kerala’s forest department has removed vast stands of invasive wattle trees from Pampadum Shola National Park, allowing native shola gr...

Encephalomyocarditis Virus Claims an African Elephant

Encephalomyocarditis Virus Claims an African Elephant

Why in news? Shankar, the lone African elephant at Delhi’s National Zoological Park, died suddenly after contracting the Encephalomyocarditis virus ...

Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve Prepares for 2026 Census

Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve Prepares for 2026 Census

Why in news? The forest department of Andhra Pradesh is gearing up for the All India Tiger Estimation 2026. The Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reser...

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