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Why in news? Marine scientists in Greece have deployed thousands of mussels around the Saronic Gulf to measure levels of microplastic pollution. The f...
Why in news? A Gulf expatriate returning to Kerala was diagnosed with scrub typhus, a mite‑borne bacterial infection usually confined to Southeast A...
Why in news? Karnataka’s Environment Minister directed wildlife authorities to discontinue the final evening safari at Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Farme...
Why in news? NASA’s Swift observatory detected hydroxyl gas around the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, signalling the presence of water molecules. At t...
Why in news? Marine biologists from Berhampur University in Odisha and Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University have uncovered two tiny crustaceans n...
Why in news? Researchers documenting spiders in the Western Ghats have described a new species of jumping spider named Pilia malenadu. The genus Pilia...
Why in news? A comprehensive study published in Environmental Earth Sciences has highlighted alarming levels of heavy metals in sediments and fishes o...
Why in news? Kerala’s forest department has removed vast stands of invasive wattle trees from Pampadum Shola National Park, allowing native shola gr...
Why in news? Shankar, the lone African elephant at Delhi’s National Zoological Park, died suddenly after contracting the Encephalomyocarditis virus ...
Why in news? The Union Minister for Communications and Development of the North Eastern Region recently laid the foundation stone for the Integrated S...
Why in news? The forest department of Andhra Pradesh is gearing up for the All India Tiger Estimation 2026. The Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reser...
Why in news? A study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2025 has found that adults with chronic insomnia who regularl...
Why in news? Odisha’s chief minister recently laid the foundation stone for the country’s first end‑to‑end silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor...
Why in news? Members of the Katkari community, one of Maharashtra’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), announced a two‑day protest nea...
Why in news? The Indian Armed Forces will conduct the tri‑service exercise Poorvi Prachand Prahar in the high‑altitude valley of Mechuka in Arunac...
Why in news? The Centre has extended the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission until 2025‑26 and highlighted its role in boosting honey production a...
Why in news? In late October 2025 the Union environment ministry designated Gogabeel Lake in Bihar as a Ramsar wetland, making it India’s 94th such ...
Why in news? A thick mat of water lettuce has covered nearly 80 percent of Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador, choking one of Central America’s largest a...
Why in news? Members of the Ramnami tribe recently received national attention when they were invited to meet the Prime Minister, reviving interest in...
Why in news? The slang term “enshittification” was selected as one of the words of the year in 2024 and continues to be widely used to describe th...
