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Why in news? On 22 May 2026 the reconstituted Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament held its first meeting. Members from the ruling party rais...
Why in news? A recent feature on the Idu Mishmi people of Arunachal Pradesh explored how their traditional cosmology shapes conservation practices. At...
Why in news? Scientists from the CSIR‑National Institute of Oceanography and collaborating universities recently discovered a new species of marine ...
Why in news? The Anal Naga people of Manipur have been praised for their traditional forest‑management practices known as Uju and Rangkang. These co...
Why in news? The Government of India has highlighted cold‑water fisheries as a priority sector within the country’s Blue Economy strategy. Recent ...
Why in news? Forest guards at Chhattisgarh’s Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve recently photographed a Himalayan Tricarinate Hill Turtle, a species rare...
Why in news? The Ministry of Mines’ Annual Report 2025‑26 notes that India produced about 1,302 kilograms of primary gold that year, nearly 20 per...
Why in news? In May 2026 birdwatchers at the Chandu Budhera wetland near Gurugram, Haryana, spotted a red‑necked phalarope. This tiny shorebird rare...
Why in news? The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) has issued an advisory warning iPhone users about a phishing campaign in which criminals ...
Why in news? A study published in May 2026 using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and computer simulations suggests that Neptune’s mo...
Why in news? On 22 May 2026 the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted its first ever resolution on stroke. The resolution urges Member States to recogni...
Why in news? A paper published in Communications Earth & Environment in May 2026 shows that long‑burning underground fires in the Jharia coalfield o...
Why in news? The Indian Navy launched a new offshore patrol vessel named Sanghmitra at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) yard in Kolkat...
Why in news? On 23 May 2026 a major fire and two explosions rocked a shipyard on Staten Island, New York. One person was killed and more than thirty f...
Why in news? Fort St George in Chennai has been in the spotlight recently due to conservation initiatives and public interest in its 17th‑century ar...
Why in news? Heavy rains in early 2026 have raised water levels in Lake Kariba, the giant reservoir on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe. ...
Why in news? On 22 May 2026 India and Ethiopia signed a bilateral protocol in Geneva supporting Ethiopia’s accession to the World Trade Organization...
Why in news? On 22 May 2026 India conducted a successful flight test of the Agni‑1 short‑range ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range at...
Why in news? Ophthalmologists have sounded the alarm about rising rates of myopia among children and young adults. Globally, nearly half the world’s...
Why in news? In May 2026 the Government of India announced that over 100 crore health records had been digitally linked with Ayushman Bharat Health Ac...
