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Why in news? During a Rajya Sabha session, the Minister of State for Science and Technology announced that the Bharat GenAI initiative will complete t...
Why in news? A joint team from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and Shivaji University, Kolhapur, discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in the ...
Why in news? INS Arnala, the first indigenously designed and built Anti‑Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW‑SWC) of the Indian Navy, has dr...
Why in news? India shipped 10 sets of Bailey bridge components to Sri Lanka to help restore road connectivity after Cyclone Ditwah. These modular brid...
Why in news? The Strategic Forces Command successfully test‑fired the Agni‑3 intermediate‑range ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range...
Why in news? A giant female reticulated python nicknamed “Ibu Baron” was discovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Measuring 7.22 metres in length, she h...
Why in news? The Indian Air Force (IAF) has announced that its biennial Vayu Shakti exercise will be held on 27 February 2026 at the Pokhran range nea...
Why in news? NASA announced that its SPHEREx spacecraft recently observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which passed through the inner Solar System...
Why in news? An early sixteenth‑century drawing attributed to Michelangelo has been sold for £16.9 million (around ₹206 crore), setting a record ...
Why in news? The government of Arunachal Pradesh has authorised the capture and relocation of a tiger that killed a head constable on the Roing–Mayo...
Why in news? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has flagged off a joint mountaineering expedition to Mt Aconcagua in Argentina. The team, comprising instr...
Why in news? Iran is grappling with an extreme drought that has left Lake Urmia almost completely dry. Rainfall in autumn 2025 was about 90 percent be...
Why in news? India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have signed a Terms of Reference document to negotiate a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement....
Why in news? The states of New York and New Jersey have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. federal administration over the suspension of $16 billion in ...
Why in news? The latest winter census conducted by the Uttar Pradesh forest department recorded 20,628 Sarus cranes across the state—an increase of ...
Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on 6 February 2026 and unanimously decided to keep the benchmark repo r...
Why in news? Two recent developments have brought the Jagannath temple into the news. In Jharkhand, President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to lay the f...
Why in news? Scientists monitoring El Chichón, a stratovolcano in Chiapas, Mexico, recently observed dramatic changes in its crater lake. Water tempe...
Why in news? The United States government has announced “Project Vault,” a $12 billion plan to build a strategic stockpile of rare earths and othe...
Why in news? On 4 February 2026, India formally became part of the BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies (BCIC), a collaborative platform created b...
