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ANCHOR – 3D Atlas of the Human Brainstem
Why in news? The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras released a digital atlas called ANCHOR. The atlas maps the human brainstem in three d...
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Why in news? The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras released a digital atlas called ANCHOR. The atlas maps the human brainstem in three d...
Why in news? India’s National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) allowed a one‑time 50 per cent increase in the ceiling price of two chemothe...
Why in news? France is in the spotlight because of renewed discussions on India’s Jaitapur nuclear project and France’s role in supplying reactors...
Why in news? In November 2025 Tropical Cyclone Senyar struck North Sumatra. Intense rainfall triggered landslides in the Batang Toru ecosystem, home t...
Why in news? Scientists studying the chocolate chip sea star (Protoreaster nodosus) discovered a unique light‑guiding structure in its skeletal plat...
Why in news? On 13 June 2026 an Indian Air Force (IAF) An‑32 turboprop transport plane crashed near Jorhat in Assam during a training flight. Five c...
Why in news? Conservation groups in Tamil Nadu organised a fish count and awareness drive for otters in the Thamirabarani River. The surveys revealed ...
Why in news? China’s Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) began collecting data in August 2025. The 20‑kiloton detector will help dete...
Why in news? The wild water buffalo, India’s state animal of Chhattisgarh, is on the brink of extinction in central India. In the Udanti‑ Sitanadi...
Why in news? On 10–11 June 2026 India successfully conducted a series of flight tests of its multi‑layered ballistic missile defence (BMD) system....
Why in news? The central government has decided not to lengthen the runway at the Indian Navy’s INS Baaz air station on Great Nicobar Island. Instea...
Why in news? Estonia’s foreign minister and business leaders recently visited India to discuss trade, digital governance and defence cooperation. Th...
Why in news? Researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences identified a new butterfly in the remote Mayodia Pass of Arunachal Pradesh. ...
Why in news? Scientists have described a new frog species named Ingerana occidens, commonly called the western trickle frog. The species was found in ...
Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Slovakia from 14 to 16 June 2026 as part of a European tour that also includes France ...
Why in news? Avataar.ai, a Bengaluru‑based startup, launched a video‑generation model named Varya on 12 June 2026. It is supported by the governme...
Why in news? On 12 June 2026 the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and the Open Network for Digital Commerce held a roundtable o...
Why in news? The Institute for Economics & Peace released its Global Peace Index 2026 in June. The report assesses the level of peace in 163 countries...
Why in news? Astronomers around the world continue to study supernovae, the colossal explosions of dying stars. These events help us understand how el...
Why in news? The weed killer paraquat dichloride has attracted attention after Syngenta announced plans to stop producing it by the end of June 2026. ...