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Why in news? The Government of India recently cleared a multi‑component development plan for Great Nicobar Island. The project aims to transform the...
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Why in news? The Government of India recently cleared a multi‑component development plan for Great Nicobar Island. The project aims to transform the...
Why in news? Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy R.K. Singh announced that India plans to establish a fully indigenous solar manufacturing eco...
Why in news? On 9 September 2025 India’s Defence Minister virtually flagged off “Samudra Pradakshina” from Mumbai’s Gateway of India. This exp...
Why in news? The National Statistical Office (NSO) announced that it will conduct two important surveys between July 2026 and June 2027: the All India...
Why in news? On 11 September 2025 the Prime Minister of India paid homage to Acharya Vinoba Bhave on his birth anniversary, highlighting his contribut...
Why in news? The Ministry of Home Affairs is considering raising new Border Wing Home Guards units along the India–China border, mirroring their dep...
Why in news? NASA’s Perseverance rover reported its strongest evidence yet of ancient life on Mars. In July 2024 it collected a rock sample nickname...
Why in news? Researchers at Tampere University in Finland and Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in France demonstrated that intense light pulses trav...
Why in news? Scientists raised alarms that Pugad, a small island in the Philippines’ Bulacan province, is subsiding rapidly while sea levels around ...
Why in news? The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 was introduced in Parliament. It proposes automatic removal of Prime Minister, Chief Minist...
Why in news? Severe floods and landslides in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kashmir during the 2025 monsoon season highlighted the conseque...
Why in news? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran reached a breakthrough agreement in September 2025 that allows inspectors to resum...
Why in news? Scientists at the MACS–Agharkar Research Institute in Pune discovered two previously unknown species of black aspergilli (section Nigri...
Why in news? India inaugurated its first overseas Atal Innovation Centre (AIC) at the IIT Delhi – Abu Dhabi campus during the Education Minister’s...
Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed its 100th technology‑transfer agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) t...
Why in news? The 2027 Census of India will, for the first time, include geotagging of all buildings during the Houselisting Operations scheduled for 2...
Why in news? The rapid growth of decentralised finance has raised concerns about its potential use for terror financing and money laundering. Experts ...
Why in news? Russia’s state‑owned energy company Gazprom signed an agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation to build the Power of Siber...
Why in news? China announced the creation of a national nature reserve on Huangyan Island, also known as Scarborough Shoal, in the South China Sea. Th...
Why in news? A newspaper column described loneliness as the biggest “corporate disease” among India’s working youth (aged 25–35). The piece dr...