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National Unity Day – Honouring Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

National Unity Day – Honouring Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the celebrations of National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat’...

Pseudorhombus bahudaensis – New Flounder Species

Pseudorhombus bahudaensis – New Flounder Species

Why in news? Researchers studying flatfishes in the Bahuda estuary on the Odisha–Andhra Pradesh border have identified a new species of flounder nam...

Leachate – Toxic Liquid from Landfills

Leachate – Toxic Liquid from Landfills

Why in news? Residents and environmental activists near the Bandhwari landfill in Haryana have appealed to the Union environment ministry to stop the ...

International Convention against Doping in Sport

International Convention against Doping in Sport

Why in news? India has been re‑elected as the Vice‑Chairperson for the Asia–Pacific group in the Bureau of the Conference of Parties to the Inte...

Mahe – Anti‑Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft

Mahe – Anti‑Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft

Why in news? The Indian Navy has taken delivery of Mahe, the first in a series of eight Anti‑Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) built b...

Network Survey Vehicle – Monitoring India’s Highways

Network Survey Vehicle – Monitoring India’s Highways

Why in news? The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced that it will deploy specialised Network Survey Vehicles (NSVs) across 23 st...

Kopi Luwak – Civet‑processed Coffee

Kopi Luwak – Civet‑processed Coffee

Why in news? A recent study by Indian researchers has explained why Kopi Luwak, a coffee made from beans eaten and excreted by civets, tastes so diffe...

Project Arunank – Building Roads in Arunachal Pradesh

Project Arunank – Building Roads in Arunachal Pradesh

Why in news? The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) recently celebrated the 18th Raising Day of Project Arunank, a flagship road‑building initiative in...

Duty‑Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme

Duty‑Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme

Why in news? India’s Duty‑Free Tariff Preference scheme has come back into focus after the World Trade Organisation credited it for boosting expor...

ASEAN Summit 2025

ASEAN Summit 2025

Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that he would join the 47th Association of Southeast Asian...

National Means‑cum‑Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)

National Means‑cum‑Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)

Why in news? State Councils of Educational Research and Training released application forms in October 2025 for the National Means‑cum‑Merit Schol...

Blackbuck revival in Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary

Blackbuck revival in Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary

Why in news? Conservationists reported in October 2025 that around 190 blackbucks now roam Chhattisgarh’s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary – a remar...

Hyunmoo‑5 ‘monster’ missile

Hyunmoo‑5 ‘monster’ missile

Why in news? South Korea’s defence minister announced in October 2025 that the country had begun mass‑producing the Hyunmoo‑5 ballistic missile ...

Optical fibre Intrusion Detection System for elephants

Optical fibre Intrusion Detection System for elephants

Why in news? The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) announced in late October 2025 that it is expanding its optical fibre‑based Intrusion Detection Sy...

Understanding fibromyalgia

Understanding fibromyalgia

Why in news? Fibromyalgia has gained renewed attention in 2025 thanks to awareness campaigns and ongoing research into chronic pain conditions. As mor...

Sevilla Forum on Debt

Sevilla Forum on Debt

Why in news? On 22 October 2025, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social...

Chrysanthemum Theme Garden in Srinagar

Chrysanthemum Theme Garden in Srinagar

Why in news? Jammu and Kashmir’s first chrysanthemum theme garden, also called Bagh Gul‑e‑Daudi, opened to visitors near Dal Lake on 25 October ...

Hazards of calcium carbide “guns”

Hazards of calcium carbide “guns”

Why in news? During Diwali celebrations in Madhya Pradesh in October 2025, makeshift “carbide guns” caused a spate of serious injuries. Hospitals ...

Japan–India Maritime Exercise 2025 (JAIMEX 25)

Japan–India Maritime Exercise 2025 (JAIMEX 25)

Why in news? Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri, a Shivalik‑class stealth frigate, participated in the sea phase of JAIMEX 25 from 16–18 October 202...

Mount Etna – forecasting eruptions with earthquake ratios

Mount Etna – forecasting eruptions with earthquake ratios

Why in news? Researchers analysing two decades of seismic data beneath Mount Etna have found that changes in the ratio of small earthquakes to larger ...

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