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Why in news?Scientists described a new groundwater fish from the IndiaβNepal border region. The paper appeared in the journal ZooKeys on 11 August. ...
Why in news?Chester Zoo announced the birth of a female babirusa named Rana. Conservationists linked the event to serious disease concerns in Indonesi...
Why in news?National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) engineers freed power aboard Voyager 2. The change should preserve three instruments ...
Why in news?The Great Nicobar Tribal Council challenged reported remarks about changing the Shompen way of life. The dispute concerns consent, protect...
Why in news?Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla welcomed Kenyaβs recognition of persons of Indian origin. He described them as an indigenous community. What ...
Why in news?A Fort Hood-based AH-64E Apache crashed near Salado, Texas, on 12 August. The United States Army confirmed that two soldiers died. Known f...
Why in news?The Government invited 100 Delhi-National Capital Region beneficiaries to the Red Fort ceremony. They were to attend with a spouse or comp...
Why in news?Researchers described a new freshwater crab from Karnataka. They named it Ghatiana karnataka after the state where it was found. The disco...
Why in news?Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup in the Kuril chain. Japan protested his first visit to the disputed islands. The visit and...
Why in news?The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reportedly invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to discuss Moon ...
Why in news?Archaeologists reported structural remains in the Kollidam riverbed near Lalgudi. Early assessment suggests an old water-management functi...
Why in news?A major taxonomic study described three Indian cascade frogs. It also revised the wider classification and distribution of the genus Amolo...
