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Why in news? A tragic incident in Tamil Nadu drew national attention when a young college student consumed venkaaram, commonly known as borax, after w...
Why in news? The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), with support from the National Mission for Clean Ganga, launched a new project to safeguard br...
Why in news? The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified a zero‑to‑one kilometre eco‑sensitive zone (ESZ) around Rajasthan�...
Why in news? The Russian Far East’s Kamchatka Peninsula experienced its heaviest snowfall in decades. More than two metres of snow fell in the first...
Why in news? The National Green Tribunal directed the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi and the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board to submit a...
Why in news? Researchers studying the Darwin’s bark spider have discovered that only large adult females spin silk with extraordinary toughness, whi...
Why in news? India hosted the launch of the Responsible Nations Index (RNI) at Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. The index, developed by ...
Why in news? A sightseeing helicopter carrying three people went missing during a 10‑minute tour over Mount Aso in Japan. Authorities later located ...
Why in news? India’s delegation to the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos drew attention because government ministers emphasise...
Why in news? The Ministry of Textiles has amended the rules governing the Central Silk Board (CSB), raising the limit up to which the board can approv...
Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Parbati Giri on the occasion of her 100th birth anniversary. In his message he remembered he...
Why in news? In mid‑January 2026 wildfires swept across central and southern Chile, leaving at least 18 people dead, forcing 50,000 residents to fle...
