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Diplocentrum papillosum – a new orchid
Why in news? Botanists announced the discovery of a new orchid species, Diplocentrum papillosum, in the high‑altitude forests of Kanthalloor in Iduk...
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Why in news? Botanists announced the discovery of a new orchid species, Diplocentrum papillosum, in the high‑altitude forests of Kanthalloor in Iduk...
Why in news? A study published in January 2026 described how embryos of fish and insects organise their cytoplasm during early development. Researcher...
Why in news? Archaeologists in Oaxaca, Mexico recently unearthed a 1,400‑year‑old tomb belonging to the ancient Zapotec civilisation. The tomb, di...
Why in news? The Indian Army and the Indo‑Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) conducted a joint artillery drill called Exercise Agni Pariksha at Sigar, Ar...
h3>Why in news? The Minister of State for Law and Justice informed the Rajya Sabha about the establishment of District Legal Services Clinics by the N...
Why in news? The Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district, Odisha, recently declared ‘Maoist‑free’, is emerging as a promising habitat fo...
Why in news? The Vishwamitri River, which flows through Vadodara city in Gujarat, gained attention for its unique urban ecosystem. It supports a large...
Why in news? Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur developed a new three‑dimensional model to predict solar cycles more accurate...
Why in news? A 29‑year‑old man from Karnataka succumbed to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in January 2026, drawing attention to this tick‑borne v...
Why in news? The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) launched the Project Assessment, Infrastructure Monitoring & Analytics fo...
Why in news? Bengaluru‑based defence firm Alpha Design Technologies Ltd (ADTL) recently completed a major upgrade of the Indian Air Force’s Pechor...
Why in news? Two paraglider pilots were rescued by the State Disaster Response Force after they fell into Tehri Lake during the Acro Festival & SIV Ch...
Why in news? The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) introduced the NPS Swasthya Pension Scheme as a pilot project under its Reg...
Why in news? India and Canada signed a Joint Statement on Energy Cooperation on the sidelines of the India Energy Week 2026 held in Goa. The accord re...
Why in news? A pioneering rewilding project off Thailand’s Maiton Island recently released several aquarium‑bred Indo‑Pacific leopard sharks (al...
Why in news? At a gathering of WaSH warriors and school students in New Delhi on 28 January 2026, the Union Minister of Jal Shakti inaugurated 25 JALA...
Why in news? Scientists have warned that decades of heavy use of phosphorus fertilisers have left soils saturated with so‑called “legacy phosphoru...
Why in news? The ALICE collaboration at CERN has revealed that about 90 percent of deuterons and antideuterons produced in proton–proton collisions ...
Why in news? Health authorities continue to spotlight scabies as a neglected tropical disease affecting more than 200 million people worldwide at any ...
Why in news? Images of a rare rusty‑spotted cat captured in a protected forest in western India recently went viral, drawing attention to this elusi...