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Why in news? Bangladesh’s interim government has expressed a desire to restart negotiations with India over sharing the waters of the Teesta River. ...
Why in news? Turkey unveiled a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) concept, called Yıldırımhan, at the SAHA defence expo in early May 202...
Why in news? Authorities in Bengaluru have drained Ulsoor Lake for a full desilting and cleanup – the first such operation in nearly two decades. Th...
Why in news? A new study published in Nature reported evidence of genome‑wide selective sweeps among bacteria in the human gut. The research suggest...
Why in news? A recent release from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) announced that the Prime Minister’s Employment Generat...
Why in news? Parliament members and environmental groups have debated the government’s plans to develop Great Nicobar Island, including a transshipm...
Why in news? The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has sought responses from the Maharashtra government and forest department on allegations that ...
Why in news? A road section built by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) using geocell reinforc...
Why in news? The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently introduced the JANANI platform (Journey of Antenatal, Natal and Neonatal Integrated Ca...
Why in news? Botanists from Tamil Nadu have described a new species of the grape family, Cyphostemma annamalaii, from the sacred forest of Sanjeevi Hi...
Why in news? Conservationists report that Bhutan now hosts around 31 white‑bellied herons, roughly half of the fewer than 60 of these critically end...
Why in news? In early May 2026 a fuel tanker named M/T Eureka was hijacked by unidentified armed men off the coast of Yemen. The attackers steered the...
Why in news? On 6 May 2026 the Union Health Minister launched the Swasth Bharat Portal at the tenth National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and ...
Why in news? Social media posts in May 2026 showed rare camera‑trap photographs of a rusty spotted cat in a village field in central India. The imag...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Fakir Mohan University announced in May 2026 that they had documented the snapp...
Why in news? The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) will hold its inaugural summit in New Delhi on 1–2 June 2026. Delegates and experts from 95 b...
Why in news? UNESCO’s 2025 World Heritage Outlook rated the conservation outlook for the Galapagos Islands as of “significant concern,” citing i...
Why in news? On 28 April 2026 the Rajasthan High Court vacated a stay on a 100 MW solar project near Sambhar Lake. The court allowed the project to go...
Why in news? India’s External Affairs Minister visited Paramaribo in early May 2026 for the eighth India–Suriname Joint Commission Meeting. The vi...
Why in news? In May 2026 Pakistani authorities returned the body of a nine‑year‑old boy from Kargil who had drowned in the Suru River on 20 March ...
