Leptospirosis (rat fever) cases rise in Karnataka
Why in news? Health officials in Karnataka reported that by the second week of November 2025, 2,042 cases of leptospirosis were recorded across the st...
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Why in news? Health officials in Karnataka reported that by the second week of November 2025, 2,042 cases of leptospirosis were recorded across the st...
Why in news? In November 2025 the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued two important directives. On 20 November the authority i...
Why in news? A peer‑reviewed study published in November 2025 reported that people in Indian megacities are unknowingly inhaling microscopic plastic...
Why in news? NASA recently released detailed images of Comet 3I/Atlas, an interstellar visitor travelling through our Solar System. The photographs, c...
Why in news? With the rise of precision medicine, pharmacogenomics has attracted renewed attention from researchers and health‑care providers. Recen...
Why in news? The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently attended the 11th Joint Crediting Mechanism Partner Countries’ M...
Why in news? Civil‑society naturalists in Visakhapatnam recently documented large groups of Indian Pond Herons and Cattle Egrets undertaking nocturn...
Why in news? A recent ruling by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court clarified that the “clean hands” doctrine cannot be invoked to deny relie...
Why in news? The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signed a series of agreements worth about ₹3,000 crore during India Maritime Week 2025. ...
Why in news? A team of scientists analysing data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected previously unknown organic molecules in the ice grains ...
Why in news? At the seventh National Security Adviser‑level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) held in New Delhi, Seychelles was admitte...
Why in news? Forest authorities in Chhattisgarh recently reported that two Indian bison (gaur) were electrocuted by poachers in the Chilfi East Range ...
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard recently completed Sagar Kavach‑02/25, a large‑scale coastal security drill conducted along the Maharashtra an...
Why in news? The condition acanthosis nigricans has come back into focus because health experts note that recognising its signs early can help detect ...
Why in news? Researchers have discovered a new species of owlfly in the Nedumkayam forest in Kerala. The find is significant because no new species fr...
Why in news? The latest Global Methane Status Report 2025, released by the UN Environment Programme and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, warns tha...
Why in news? The Government of Nepal has extended the survey licence for the long‑delayed West Seti Hydropower Project and is facilitating direct ag...
Why in news? The humble bugle made in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, has been granted a Geographical Indication (GI) tag. The recognition acknowledges the reg...
Why in news? The Ministry of Steel has launched a new facility called SARAL SIMS to simplify registration under the Steel Import Monitoring System (SI...
Why in news? The seventh National Security Adviser‑level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) was held in New Delhi. Representatives discu...