International Relations
Optical Atomic Clock
Why in news? An international team of scientists carried out the largest optical clock comparison across three continents in mid‑2025. Their success...
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Why in news? An international team of scientists carried out the largest optical clock comparison across three continents in mid‑2025. Their success...
Why in news? Growing climate‑induced disasters have prompted policymakers to explore catastrophe bonds (“cat bonds”) as an innovative financing ...
Why in news? India successfully conducted user trials of its indigenous Extended Range Anti‑Submarine Rocket (ERASR) from INS Kavaratti in July 202...
Why in news? A study commissioned by WWF and conducted by environmental group Earth Action estimated that banning problematic and avoidable plastics ...
Why in news? India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas released draft rules in July 2025 to overhaul the decades‑old regulatory framework gov...
Why in news? In July 2025 the Indian Prime Minister embarked on a five‑nation tour of Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil and Namibia. Th...
Why in news? The Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH) released its first Rashtriya Sarvekshan (...
Why in news? The European Union’s finance ministers approved Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone from 1 January 2026. This decision drew attentio...
Why in news? The Indian Army announced plans to induct the first regiment of the indigenous 155 mm/52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (AT...
Why in news? The Swiss medicines regulator approved Coartem Baby, the first antimalarial drug specifically formulated for infants weighing 2–5 kil...
Why in news? Brazil conferred its highest civilian honour, the Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross, on India’s Prime Minister d...
Why in news? Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu sent samples of charcoal from an ancient site to foreign laboratories for accelerator mass spectrometry dati...
