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Why in news? Oman has announced plans to attract one million Indian tourists annually, up from seven lakh visitors in 2024. The move is part of its to...
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Why in news? Oman has announced plans to attract one million Indian tourists annually, up from seven lakh visitors in 2024. The move is part of its to...
Why in news? Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and severe in India. A study found that heat‑related deaths among older adults rose by 55 percent ...
Why in news? The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) completed 11 years on 28 August 2025. Nearly every household and over 90 percent of adults in ...
Why in news? An analysis released in August 2025 showed that around 30 percent of Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (M...
Why in news? The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) launched Project Aarohan to support the education of children of toll‑plaza workers. Th...
Why in news? Astronomers discovered a rare quadruple star system in our Milky Way galaxy named UPM J1040−3551 AabBab. It is the first known system i...
Why in news? The Indian Air Force (IAF) announced that it would retire the iconic MiG‑21 fighter jet from operational service on 26 September 2025, ...
Why in news? In international trade discussions, the United States threatened additional tariffs on countries imposing digital services taxes (DSTs) o...
Why in news? The Delhi High Court ordered internet service providers to block access to Sci‑Hub and its mirror sites after a copyright infringement ...
Why in news? The Indian government finalised a 21‑member National Designated Authority (NDA) to oversee carbon markets in the country. Establishing ...
Why in news? China dismissed Japan’s protests over its development of gas fields in the East China Sea, where the two countries’ Exclusive Economi...
Why in news? On 25 August 2025 several media houses commemorated the contributions of Bengali women revolutionaries to India’s freedom struggle. T...
Why in news? India’s roadmap for increasing ethanol blending attracted attention in August 2025 because the country is on track to achieve 20 % bl...
Why in news? Environmental debates in August 2025 compared the carbon‑sequestering roles of younger forests and old‑growth forests. This discussi...
Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully conducted the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT‑01) on 24 August 2025 as part ...
Why in news? Defence analysts discussed India’s progress on the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System in August 2025 after reports of a successful t...
Why in news? A global report released in 2025 estimated that invasive alien species have caused economic losses exceeding two trillion US dollars sinc...
Why in news? The functioning of the Archaeological Survey of India came under scrutiny in August 2025 after controversies over the handling of excava...
Why in news? In August 2025 the Indian Space Research Organisation unveiled plans for the Lunar Module Launch Vehicle, a heavy‑lift rocket intended...
Why in news? The Indian Council of Medical Research announced in August 2025 that it will expand wastewater‑based epidemiology to 50 cities and mon...