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Why in news? Researchers at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh reported that nearly two‑fifths of p...
Why in news? A photographer in southern Spain captured images of a white Iberian lynx, the first known case of a leucistic individual in the wild. The...
Why in news? India has quietly ended its two‑decade presence at the Ayni airbase near Dushanbe, Tajikistan, after a bilateral agreement lapsed. The ...
Why in news? A survey of butterflies and moths has been launched in the Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary in Mulugu district, Telangana. The study aims t...
Why in news? The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs held the third National Conference on the National e‑Vidhan Application (NeVA) in New Delhi. Duri...
Why in news? A century‑long study has found that the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro have lost nearly 75 percent of their native plant species sin...
Why in news? Scientists monitoring the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon, have warned that it may erupt before the end of ...
Why in news? Nature enthusiasts in Karwar, Karnataka, recently spotted a large Atlas moth in the Guddehalli forest area. Photographs of the striking i...
Why in news? The Department of Telecommunications has launched a pilot called Samriddh Gram to bring the benefits of high‑speed internet and digital...
Why in news? Indian herpetologists have described a new species of slender gecko from the sacred Venkatadri hills in Andhra Pradesh. Named Hemiphyllod...
Why in news? The Ministry of Coal unveiled two digital platforms — the Koyla Shakti dashboard and the Coal Land Acquisition Management and Rehabilit...
Why in news? The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has begun work on the East Delhi Hub project near Karkardooma metro station. This flagship Transit ...
Why in news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Department of School Education have jointly launched a Model Youth Gram Sabha initiative. The prog...
Why in news? Brazil, supported by the United Kingdom, has launched the AmazonFACE experiment to understand how the Amazon rainforest will respond to r...
Why in news? The 20th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 27 October 2025. Leaders adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on t...
Why in news? The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has dispatched the first air shipment of Indi Lime from...
Why in news? Forest officials in Uttar Pradesh have arrested four people for illegally felling khair trees in the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary. The a...
Why in news? In late October 2025, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) signed a Memorandum of Underst...
Why in news? On 29 October 2025, the Supreme Court of India delivered a judgment clarifying that the doctrine of merger is not an inflexible rule appl...
Why in news? On 28 October 2025, the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) announced a comprehensive set of reforms to enhance transparency, efficienc...