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Suryastra Rocket System

Suryastra Rocket System

Why in news? The Indian Army has cleared a contract for an indigenous Suryastra multiple‑rocket launcher system. The decision follows successful tes...

Industrial Research and Development Promotion Programme (IRDPP)

Industrial Research and Development Promotion Programme (IRDPP)

Why in news? The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) celebrated its 42nd foundation day on 6 January 2026. On this occasion, the g...

Popocatépetl Volcano – 3D Imaging and its Geological Context

Popocatépetl Volcano – 3D Imaging and its Geological Context

Why in news? A team from Mexico’s National Autonomous University used seismic data and artificial intelligence to create the first three‑dimension...

C‑Reactive Protein and its Role in Heart Disease

C‑Reactive Protein and its Role in Heart Disease

Why in news? Medical societies have begun recommending routine testing for C‑reactive protein (CRP) as a tool for assessing cardiovascular risk. Rec...

Socotra Island – Stranded Tourists amid Conflict

Socotra Island – Stranded Tourists amid Conflict

Why in news? More than 400 foreign tourists were left stranded on Yemen’s Socotra Island after flights from Abu Dhabi were suspended because of figh...

Calamaria Mizoramensis – A Newly Discovered Reed Snake

Calamaria Mizoramensis – A Newly Discovered Reed Snake

Why in news? Herpetologists from Mizoram University have identified a new species of non‑venomous reed snake in India’s northeast. Previously misi...

Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary – Rewilding Rescued Tigers

Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary – Rewilding Rescued Tigers

Why in news? A three‑year‑old male tiger, raised from a cub after losing its mother, has been released into the wild at the Dnyanganga Wildlife Sa...

Rice Crop – India Surpasses China in Production

Rice Crop – India Surpasses China in Production

Why in news? India has overtaken China to become the world’s largest rice producer. According to the Union Ministry of Agriculture, India produced a...

OPEC + – Evolution and Current Dynamics

OPEC + – Evolution and Current Dynamics

Why in news? The coalition of oil‑producing countries known as OPEC + held a ministerial meeting in early January 2026 and decided to maintain its p...

Justice Mission 2025 – Chinese Military Drills Around Taiwan

Justice Mission 2025 – Chinese Military Drills Around Taiwan

Why in news? At the end of December 2025 China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched large‑scale live‑fire exercises around Taiwan, codena...

Typhoid

Typhoid

Why in news? The city of Gandhinagar in Gujarat has recorded a spike in typhoid cases during late December 2025 and early January 2026. Leaks in recen...

Hydrokinetic Turbine Technology

Hydrokinetic Turbine Technology

Why in news? Tripura’s power minister Ratan Lal Nath announced that the state has identified ten sites along rivers such as the Gomati, Manu and Fen...

Taimoor Missile

Taimoor Missile

Why in news? In early January 2026 Pakistan’s Air Force test‑fired the indigenously developed Taimoor air‑launched cruise missile from a Mirage ...

Spina Bifida

Spina Bifida

Why in news? Around the world, governments have adopted programmes to fortify foods with folic acid and encourage supplementation before and during pr...

Double‑Humped Bactrian Camel

Double‑Humped Bactrian Camel

Why in news? India’s Ministry of Defence announced that the animal contingent at the 77th Republic Day parade in 2026 will include two double‑hump...

Salal Hydroelectric Project

Salal Hydroelectric Project

Why in news? Jammu & Kashmir and the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) have recently launched efforts to desilt the reservoir of the Sal...

Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme

Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme

Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has reported steady progress under the Design Linked Incentive scheme. Several sta...

Chilika Lake

Chilika Lake

Why in news? Odisha’s newly appointed revenue and disaster management minister Prithviraj Harichandan held a high‑level meeting on 3 January 2026 ...

Archaea

Archaea

Why in news? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that a methane‑produ...

Notifiable Diseases

Notifiable Diseases

Why in news? The Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has decided to include human rabies in its list of notifiable diseases. Beginni...

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