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Why in news? Scientists exploring limestone caves in the Andaman Islands identified specimens of a slender insect as Myiophanes kempi, a species of th...
Why in news? In March 2026, U.S. forces carried out air strikes on military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island. While the oil terminal remained intact, ...
Why in news? A team from Gauhati University discovered a new shrub species in the grasslands of Assam’s Manas National Park. They named it Osbeckia ...
Why in news? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in late March 2026 that it plans to remove certain peptides from its list of prohib...
Why in news? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) convened a special meeting of its Board of Governors on 30 January 2026 to address nuclear ...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India, the University of Guelph (Canada) and the Kalinga Foundation announced in March 2026 the...
Why in news? On 1 March 2026, four people drowned in the Beas River near Bharoli village in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. Police and State Disast...
Why in news? On 22 January 2026, tribal artist J. Krishnan from Velaricombai village in the Nilgiris was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri for his d...
Why in news? A study by the University of Sheffield, published in March 2026, revealed that spotted hyenas in the Ethiopian city of Mekelle consume to...
Why in news? Environmental groups released a report in March 2026 accusing the world’s largest cobalt producer of causing severe pollution and human...
Why in news? NASA announced that Van Allen Probe A, one of two identical spacecraft launched in 2012 to study Earth’s radiation belts, re‑entered ...
Why in news? A recent expedition by Latin American researchers caught the world’s attention when they measured a high‑altitude crater lake on Neva...
