Geography
Java Sea: Virgo Transport 8 Capsizes with 243 Aboard
Why in news? A major search continued in the Java Sea after the Indonesian passenger vessel Virgo Transport 8 capsized on 13 September 2026. It had be...
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Why in news? A major search continued in the Java Sea after the Indonesian passenger vessel Virgo Transport 8 capsized on 13 September 2026. It had be...
Why in news? Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University researchers have linked Malabari goats with maternal lineages around the Arabian region ...
Why in news? A seminar organised by the Cochin Port Employees Organisation called for the revival of Willingdon Island’s economic role. The New Indi...
Why in news? An oncologist’s commentary in The Hindu on 12 September 2026 called for better melanoma awareness suited to Indian patients. Professor ...
Why in news? A report from Rohtak drew attention to adults whose celiac disease presented through symptoms beyond the digestive system. The Tribune’...
Why in news? A healthy female Badri calf was born at Pantnagar on 11 September 2026 through in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. The Agriculture Ministry a...
Why in news? India’s Science and Technology Ministry announced Guinness recognition for a 1.85-kilometre steel-slag road at Raigarh on 12 September ...
Why in news? A three-day maritime-security exercise under the Colombo Security Conclave, or CSC, concluded in Visakhapatnam on 11 September 2026. The ...
Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed visiting leaders against a Ramanathaswamy Temple backdrop in New Delhi on 12 September 2026. The Ti...
Why in news? Members of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network, or SAWEN, adopted a Kathmandu Declaration on 11 September 2026. Bangladesh’s na...
Why in news? West Bengal was preparing to bring a tigress from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve to Buxa in September 2026. On 13 September, The Times o...
Why in news? Researchers have described Deltachion ravenshaw, a previously unnamed bivalve species found near the Devi estuary in Odisha. The Times of...
