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Why in news? A regional regulatory network recognised two technical roles for the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission. It became a centre of excellence fo...
Why in news? Union Minister Nitin Gadkari presented the lifesaving series' highest medal to twelve Silkyara rescuers. Their manual excavation had help...
Why in news? India and Lesotho held their sixth Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation in New Delhi. Officials reviewed the full range of bilatera...
Why in news? Researchers formally described an Indian Ocean seahorse named Hippocampus amandavincentae. Specimens had previously been grouped with the...
Why in news? A new study modelled hexavalent vaccination within India's public immunisation programme. One injection would combine antigens now delive...
Why in news? The University of Hyderabad received an Indian patent for a material called HYDERACENE. The patent was granted on 21 July 2026 after four...
Why in news? Indian scientists completed a telomere-to-telomere reference genome for the pigeonpea variety Asha. The assembly covers difficult repetit...
Why in news? Researchers found new molecular evidence for a marine legacy beneath Antarctica's Blood Falls. Their study examined 167 environmental sam...
Why in news? The Supreme Court revisited mining safeguards around Asan Conservation Reserve. It discussed equal treatment for comparable wetland conse...
Why in news? India highlighted its new Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan on 4 August. The plan had been formally released during July 2026. It ...
Why in news? Heat and limited rainfall sharply lowered the Rhine during July 2026. Cargo vessels reduced loads because their safe draught had decrease...
Why in news? Indian scientists developed the country's first indigenous African swine fever vaccine. The live attenuated candidate uses a locally prod...
