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Why in news? The Indian Air Force plans to equip its Mirage‑2000 fighter jets with the indigenous Astra Mk‑II missile. This new variant of the bey...
Why in news? Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker paid an official visit to India on 16 April 2026. He met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two l...
Why in news? The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside a district‑level committee’s decision that rejected community forest righ...
Why in news? During the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in April 2026, a coalition of developing countries launched ...
Why in news? The Ministry of Jal Shakti has proposed continuing the River Basin Management (RBM) scheme for the next Finance Commission cycle from 202...
Why in news? On 17 April 2026, members of the Chenchu tribe living in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve submitted a petition to the state’s Planni...
Why in news? India’s negotiations with Zambia over access to cobalt and copper deposits have stalled. A planned exploration programme covering aroun...
Why in news? The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has announced that it will invite bids for nine liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipe...
Why in news? India’s Sports Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the final conference of the World Anti‑Doping Agency’s Global Anti‑Doping ...
Why in news? A recent audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General highlighted severe ecological damage to Hokersar Lake, an important bird sanctuary ...
Why in news? A German medical team reported that a patient with three severe autoimmune disorders achieved long‑term remission after receiving CAR�...
Why in news? Despite repeated clean‑up drives, large mats of water hyacinth have returned to Pune’s Mula–Mutha River. Residents complain that th...
Why in news? The Union Jal Shakti ministry recently reviewed progress on the Lakhwar multipurpose project and urged the executing agency to stick to t...
Why in news? Researchers from northeastern India and Germany have described a new species of bent‑toed gecko from the lowland forests of North Tripu...
Why in news? A team from the University of Cambridge has developed a memristor that operates at extremely low currents and could reduce the energy con...
Why in news? The Bombay High Court recently heard a petition seeking government support for children with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE), ...
Why in news? As tensions rise in West Asia, experts warn that submarine communication cables running through the Red Sea could become targets or colla...
Why in news? Farmers cultivating annatto seeds in the tribal belts of Andhra Pradesh have urged the government to provide organic certification, procu...
Why in news? A committee of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has advised the state government to oppose Haryana’s plans to build new dams on the Ghaggar Rive...
Why in news? The National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC) has reported a record disbursement of more than ₹613 crore d...
