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Why in news? The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has set up a new Live Events Development Cell to give a structured push to India’s concer...
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Why in news? The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has set up a new Live Events Development Cell to give a structured push to India’s concer...
Why in news? The Union Environment Ministry’s expert panel has recommended environmental clearance for the Kalai‑II hydroelectric project on the L...
Why in news? A man recently climbed the main gopuram (ornamental tower) of the Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple in Tirupati while under the influence of a...
Why in news? The Prime Minister recently paid homage to Rani Velu Nachiyar on her birth anniversary, calling attention to her role as one of India’s...
Why in news? Astronomers recently weighed a rogue planet — one that does not orbit any star — by observing a gravitational microlensing event. By ...
Why in news? India’s public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, has sought inputs from its regional station in Imphal about recruiting staff to restart liv...
Why in news? Scientists sampling the exhaled breath of whales with drones have detected cetacean morbillivirus circulating among humpback and sperm wh...
Why in news? The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has released draft guidelines proposing a Battery Pack Aadhaar system. This framework would a...
Why in news? Observers spotted a rare U.S. Air Force RQ‑170 “Sentinel” stealth drone returning to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico a...
Why in news? The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is scheduled to inaugurate India’s first commercial‑scale tropical re...
Why in news? Indonesian disaster authorities raised the alert level of Mount Bur Ni Telong in Aceh to Level III after recording a series of shallow an...
Why in news? A small locomotive transporting workers and officials collided with another trolley inside a tunnel of the Vishnugad–Pipalkoti hydropow...
Why in news? On 31 December 2025 the Ministry of Rural Development launched Land Stack, a pilot platform in Chandigarh and Tamil Nadu that integrates ...
Why in news? The Allahabad High Court, while deciding a mining dispute on 30 December 2025, observed that District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) are a be...
Why in news? State‑owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced on 1 January 2026 that it had rolled out Voice over WiFi ser...
Why in news? A recent observational study, published in late 2025, examined patterns of treatment and outcomes among patients with cellulitis. Althoug...
Why in news? President Droupadi Murmu attended a programme in early January 2026 to promote the Skilling for AI Readiness (SOAR) initiative. At the ev...
Why in news? Birdwatchers at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu recently observed a rare Eastern Imperial Eagle during its winter migration. Si...
Why in news? On 3 January 2026 the United States launched large‑scale air strikes on Venezuelan military installations and communications centres. T...
Why in news? Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated a newly resurfaced and extended runway at the Indian Air Force base on Car Nicoba...