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Why in news? Zoologists recently described a previously unknown species of soil‑dwelling termite from the Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary in West Beng...
Why in news? The Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2025 introduced a new requirement for caustic‑soda plants that use membrane‑cell...
Why in news? During the Tezpur Litchi Festival in June 2026, Assam exported one tonne of Geographical Indication (GI)‑tagged Tezpur litchis to Dubai...
Why in news? Wildlife officers and conservationists released 31 gharial hatchlings into the Gandak River near Bagaha in Bihar during the 2026 breeding...
Why in news? On 10 June 2026 Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari announced the breakthrough of the Zojila tunnel, meaning that excavation ...
Why in news? Scientists have described a new species of fish named Eechathalakenda incognita from the upper reaches of the Periyar River in Kerala. T...
Why in news? Astronomers analysing five years of data from the Atacama Large Millimetre/Sub‑millimetre Array (ALMA) announced in 2026 that they had ...
Why in news? Scottish authorities confirmed an outbreak of American Foulbrood (AFB) in an apiary in Kincardineshire in June 2026. The disease is fatal...
Why in news? The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) highlighted recent success stories under the National SC‑ST Hub (NSSH) Schem...
Why in news? In June 2026 the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) fined the online education platform PhysicsWallah ₹5 lakh and the cyberse...
Why in news? Recent reports in June 2026 explained that the Indian Navy has finalised the concept for its Project 18 (P‑18) destroyers and is prepar...
Why in news? On 9 June 2026 the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare organised events to mark the tenth anniversary of the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit M...
Why in news? The governments of Bhutan and India recently signed shareholder and concession agreements to build the 570 megawatt Wangchhu hydroelectri...
Why in news? Cultural programmes in Bundelkhand during June 2026 celebrated the legacy of Maharaja Chhatrasal, a seventeenth‑century Rajput ruler wh...
Why in news? Researchers conducting a biodiversity survey in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh reported finding a bright yellow puffball mushroom...
Why in news? A strong geomagnetic storm in early June 2026 produced spectacular auroras that were visible at higher latitudes and, for brief moments, ...
Why in news? As the nation prepared for forthcoming Independence Day celebrations, discussions in June 2026 focused on the history of India’s gallan...
Why in news? The FSSAI recently reiterated its advisory asking food vendors not to wrap food in newspapers or printed recycled paper. The directive fo...
Why in news? Japan hosted a series of diplomatic meetings in June 2026, prompting renewed interest in the country’s geography and why it faces frequ...
Why in news? The Shiveluch (Sheveluch) volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula continued its ongoing eruptive phase in early June 2026, sending ash ...
