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Second Anniversary of Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya

Second Anniversary of Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya

Why in news? On 31 December 2025, devotees celebrated the second anniversary of the Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Prime Mini...

Indian Chess Stars Shine at FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships

Indian Chess Stars Shine at FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships

Why in news? Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi secured a bronze medal at the FIDE World Blitz Championship on 30 December 2025. Earlier, he had also w...

Large Seizure of Explosives in Rajasthan’s Tonk District

Large Seizure of Explosives in Rajasthan’s Tonk District

Why in news? Police in Rajasthan’s Tonk district intercepted a car on New Year’s Eve and discovered 150 kg of ammonium nitrate and other explosive...

Bank Holiday Advisory for 31 December and 1 January

Bank Holiday Advisory for 31 December and 1 January

Why in news? Many people wondered whether banks would remain open on the last day of 2025 and on New Year’s Day. Confusion arose from social media r...

Gas Hydrates and the discovery of deep Arctic seeps

Gas Hydrates and the discovery of deep Arctic seeps

Why in news? Scientists exploring waters off Greenland announced the discovery of an unusual cold seep nicknamed “Freya”. Located more than 3.5 ki...

Legionnaires’ Disease and recent outbreaks

Legionnaires’ Disease and recent outbreaks

Why in news? Health authorities in the United States reported clusters of Legionnaires’ disease in late 2025. In central Florida, at least 14 people...

Banded Krait: a nocturnal predator in the spotlight

Banded Krait: a nocturnal predator in the spotlight

Why in news? A video shared by Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan in late December 2025 went viral on social media. While on night patrol, t...

China’s YJ‑20 Hypersonic Missile

China’s YJ‑20 Hypersonic Missile

Why in news? Photographs of China’s advanced Type 055 destroyers surfaced in December 2025 showing what analysts believe to be the YJ‑20 hypersoni...

Rohtasgarh Fort and the ropeway collapse

Rohtasgarh Fort and the ropeway collapse

Why in news? A newly built ropeway near Bihar’s historic Rohtasgarh Fort collapsed during a load test on 26 December 2025. A tower and four cabins w...

Pench Tiger Reserve and the journey of J132

Pench Tiger Reserve and the journey of J132

Why in news? A captive‑bred long‑billed vulture tagged J132, released from the Pench Tiger Reserve on 11 December 2025, astonished researchers by ...

Magnetic Levitation: new breakthroughs in high‑speed travel

Magnetic Levitation: new breakthroughs in high‑speed travel

Why in news? Researchers at China’s National University of Defence Technology announced on 27 December 2025 that they had accelerated a one‑tonne ...

Pinaka LRGR‑120 Rocket

Pinaka LRGR‑120 Rocket

Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR‑...

Spinal Muscular Atrophy and breakthrough gene therapy

Spinal Muscular Atrophy and breakthrough gene therapy

Why in news? On 28 December 2025, doctors at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi administered Itvisma — the brand name for onasemnogene abeparv...

Ol Chiki Script: centenary of the Santali alphabet

Ol Chiki Script: centenary of the Santali alphabet

Why in news? On 29 December 2025, President Droupadi Murmu attended the 22nd Santali “Parsi Maha” (language day) in Jamshedpur and celebrated 100 ...

Kolleru Lake – A Living Wetland in Andhra Pradesh

Kolleru Lake – A Living Wetland in Andhra Pradesh

Why in news? Kolleru Lake, a vast freshwater lake in Andhra Pradesh, has recently been highlighted for the revival of its traditional dried fish delic...

24×7 Passenger Assistance Control Room (PACR)

24×7 Passenger Assistance Control Room (PACR)

Why in news? The Ministry of Civil Aviation has set up a round‑the‑clock Passenger Assistance Control Room in New Delhi to resolve airline travell...

Industrial Hemp – Himachal Pradesh’s New Bio‑Economy Crop

Industrial Hemp – Himachal Pradesh’s New Bio‑Economy Crop

Why in news? The Himachal Pradesh government has unveiled a policy to legalise and regulate the cultivation of industrial hemp. Chief Minister Sukhvin...

Scheme for Promotion of International Cooperation for AYUSH

Scheme for Promotion of International Cooperation for AYUSH

Why in news? The Ministry of Ayush recently informed Parliament about a central sector scheme aimed at taking India’s traditional medicine systems �...

Frequency Combs – Precision Tools for Measuring Light

Frequency Combs – Precision Tools for Measuring Light

Why in news? Frequency combs have recently been spotlighted for their role in advancing optical clocks and exoplanet detection. A new laboratory demon...

Parvati‑Arga Bird Sanctuary Declared Eco‑Sensitive Zone

Parvati‑Arga Bird Sanctuary Declared Eco‑Sensitive Zone

Why in news? The Government of India has declared the Parvati‑Arga Bird Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh as an Eco‑Sensitive Zone (ESZ). The decision ai...

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