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Saryu River: NGT Waste Case, Kumaon Course & Water Quality

Saryu River: NGT Waste Case, Kumaon Course & Water Quality

Why in news? The National Green Tribunal sought a report on waste disposal beside the Saryu River. An inspection found scattered municipal waste near ...

Helium: China's Export Ban, Uses & Global Production

Helium: China's Export Ban, Uses & Global Production

Why in news? China’s commerce ministry and customs authority temporarily stopped helium exports on 10 July 2026. They initially gave no detailed pub...

FIU-IND: Egmont Group, Mule Accounts & Money Laundering

FIU-IND: Egmont Group, Mule Accounts & Money Laundering

Why in news? Financial Intelligence Unit–India became runner-up for the Best Egmont Case Award 2026. Its case traced about β‚Ή868 crore in alleged c...

Cyanobacteria: IIT Guwahati's Lead Removal from Water

Cyanobacteria: IIT Guwahati's Lead Removal from Water

Why in news? Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati researchers developed a biological material for removing lead from water. The material comes from...

Sharavathi Sanctuary: Lion-Tailed Macaque & Pumped Storage

Sharavathi Sanctuary: Lion-Tailed Macaque & Pumped Storage

Why in news? A Union environment ministry expert committee opposed the proposed Sharavathi pumped-storage project. It warned about habitat fragmentati...

Samriddh Gram: BharatNet Rural Digital Model & WSIS Prize

Samriddh Gram: BharatNet Rural Digital Model & WSIS Prize

Why in news? Samriddh Gram won a World Summit on the Information Society Prize in Geneva. The award recognised its rural service-delivery model under ...

Hydrothermal Vents: Threatened Molluscs & Deep-Sea Mining

Hydrothermal Vents: Threatened Molluscs & Deep-Sea Mining

Why in news? A global conservation assessment examined molluscs found only around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. It classified 125 of 201 assessed speci...

Pratapgad Fort: Shivaji, Afzal Khan & Jivaji Mahale Memorial

Pratapgad Fort: Shivaji, Afzal Khan & Jivaji Mahale Memorial

Why in news? Maharashtra will build a memorial to warrior Jivaji Mahale near Pratapgad Fort. The first phase has received β‚Ή1 crore. Jivaji protected...

PAVE PAWS Radar: Taiwan's Missile Early-Warning System

PAVE PAWS Radar: Taiwan's Missile Early-Warning System

Why in news? Taiwan’s long-range radar tracked a Chinese ballistic-missile launch from the South China Sea. China did not publicly identify the miss...

FCV Tobacco: Flue-Curing, Tobacco Board & Andhra Season

FCV Tobacco: Flue-Curing, Tobacco Board & Andhra Season

Why in news? The Commerce Ministry reviewed Andhra Pradesh’s 2025–26 Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco marketing season. Officials discussed faster proc...

Drishti-10 Starliner: MALE UAV & Elbit Hermes 900

Drishti-10 Starliner: MALE UAV & Elbit Hermes 900

Why in news? An Indian Navy Drishti-10 crashed near Porbandar on 8 July 2026, and it was conducting a routine training sortie. The aircraft fell in an...

NeoSep1 Trial: Neonatal Sepsis & Antibiotic Resistance

NeoSep1 Trial: Neonatal Sepsis & Antibiotic Resistance

Why in news? The international NeoSep1 antibiotic trial expanded to India, and JIPMER in Puducherry recruited India’s first participating baby. A se...

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