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Alpheus madhusoodanai: New Pistol Shrimp from Kerala
Why in news? Researchers from Cochin University of Science and Technology have identified a new species of pistol shrimp in the Kochi backwaters. The ...
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Why in news? Researchers from Cochin University of Science and Technology have identified a new species of pistol shrimp in the Kochi backwaters. The ...
Why in news? The Kerala government has declared tidal flooding — the regular inundation of low‑lying coastal areas by high tides — a State‑spe...
Why in news? The Chhattisgarh Forest Department is setting up clusters of fruit‑bearing trees, dubbed “hornbill restaurants,” in the Udanti Sita...
Why in news? India and France renewed their defence cooperation agreement for another ten years during the 6th India‑France Annual Defence Dialogue ...
Why in news? Iran, Russia and China announced that they will conduct a joint naval exercise, the “Maritime Security Belt 2026,” in waters near the...
Why in news? India is set to complete the long‑delayed Shahpur Kandi Dam on the Ravi River by the end of March 2026. Officials announced that once c...
Why in news? Zoologists from the Zoological Survey of India have described a new soil‑dwelling micro‑arthropod from the Eastern Himalayas named Le...
Why in news? With India suspending the Indus Waters Treaty in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has propose...
Why in news? The National Health Authority recently announced two programmes – the Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for India (SAH...
Why in news? The Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Tarangini arrived in Visakhapatnam as part of the International Fleet Review and the multilate...
Why in news? A study published in Science Translational Medicine reported that high doses of inhaled nitric oxide dramatically reduced the number of d...
Why in news? Iran’s Khorramshahr‑4 ballistic missile gained international attention after it was reportedly used in a 2025 attack in West Asia and...
Why in news? The recent discovery of a 150‑year‑old shipwreck in Lake Michigan has drawn attention to this vast freshwater lake. Lake Michigan is ...
Why in news? India and South Korea recently held their sixth foreign policy and security dialogue in Seoul, underscoring the importance of understandi...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India has recently urged the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to accelerate efforts to introduce...
Why in news? A long‑term study in Cabo Verde has found that female loggerhead turtles are breeding earlier but less frequently because warming ocean...
Why in news? With global concern over fossil‑fuel dependence, governments and industries are turning towards bio‑based chemicals. These are chemic...
Why in news? Scientists have identified a protein called Piezo1 in bone marrow stem cells that acts as a sensor for mechanical force. When activated, ...
Why in news? Piton de la Fournaise, a highly active shield volcano on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean, erupted again on 13 February 2026. This wa...
Why in news? The idea of the exposome—every environmental exposure a person experiences from conception onward—is gaining momentum. In 2025 a Glob...