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Finn’s Weaver Bird
Why in news? Ornithologists have raised alarms that the Finn’s weaver, an endangered bird of the Terai grasslands, is disappearing from its remainin...
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Why in news? Ornithologists have raised alarms that the Finn’s weaver, an endangered bird of the Terai grasslands, is disappearing from its remainin...
Why in news? The Karnataka government announced that it would submit a revised detailed project report for the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir o...
Why in news? A rare sighting of a hawfinch was reported in Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand. Birdwatchers spotted the heavy‑billed finch, typi...
Why in news? The Israeli Cabinet approved a plan to relocate the remaining members of the Bnei Menashe community from India’s northeastern states to...
Why in news? The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology recently noted that the Entrepreneur‑in‑Residence (EIR) programme is gaining t...
Why in news? Researchers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital analysed a decade’s worth of data from...
Why in news? The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved a series of names proposed by Indian re...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India directed doctors at a Noida hospital to constitute a medical board to assess whether passive euthanasia should...
Why in news? A recent epidemiological study projected that global cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) will rise by nearly 70 per cent by 2040...
Why in news? The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 7,280 crore scheme to establish India’s first integrated supply chain for sintered rare‑earth permane...
Why in news? Scientists have discovered that leaves from the Manchurian walnut tree contain compounds that can suppress the growth of common agricultu...
Why in news? Conservationists in Cuba have stepped up efforts to restore populations of the Cuban gar, a prehistoric fish now listed as critically end...
Why in news? The Abujhmadiya tribal community garnered attention after athletes from the group participated in the Bastar Olympics, a regional sports ...
Why in news? Botanists announced the discovery of a new species, Hoya dawodiensis, in the remote Vijaynagar valley of Changlang district in Arunachal ...
Why in news? Marine scientists have reported that a prolonged marine heatwave has killed or severely bleached a large portion of coral at Western Aust...
Why in news? A new analysis of health records from more than 11 million U.S. military veterans has found that untreated obstructive sleep apnea nearly...
Why in news? The Indian Army held its first official commemoration of Operation Pawan at the National War Memorial in New Delhi. Veterans and families...
Why in news? A video filmed by forest guards at Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh went viral after it showed a tigress swimming across the Denwa...
Why in news? The 19th edition of Exercise SURYAKIRAN, a joint military exercise between India and Nepal, began on 25 November 2025 at Pithoragarh in U...
Why in news? The India Meteorological Department warned that two developing weather systems in the Bay of Bengal could interact through the Fujiwhara ...