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Why in news? The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has directed hotels and restaurants not to levy additional charges such as LPG surcharge...
Why in news? Geopolitical tensions in West Asia have sharply curtailed India’s coffee exports. Since early March 2026 shipping routes around the Str...
Why in news? Researchers recently described a new butterfly species from the forests of Arunachal Pradesh. Named the Basar Duke, or Euthalia zubeengar...
Why in news? On 26 March 2026 the CSIR‑Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) signed a collaboration with the Institute of Indian Foundrymen and a p...
Why in news? A new ethnobotanical study published in March 2026 recorded 39 medicinal plants used by the Sonowal Kachari community of Assam to treat a...
Why in news? On 26 March 2026 a magnitude‑6.2 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan’s Honshu island. The quake occurred at a depth of abou...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Prof. Ramkrishna More College, Pune, announced the discovery of a new cockroach...
Why in news? On 26 March 2026, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) and the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NC...
Why in news? On 26 March 2026, the OECD released its Interim Economic Outlook. The report lowered India’s projected growth rate for fiscal 2026–27...
Why in news? On 26 March 2026, the National Housing Bank (NHB) launched the Gruha Sugam portal. Designed especially for defence, paramilitary and gove...
Why in news? In late March 2026 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed it had fired Qader cruise missiles at the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Linco...
Why in news? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 were released recently, and Indian institutions recorded their best performance to date....
