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Why in news? A rare dragonfly species known as the Long‑Tailed Duskhawker (Gynacantha khasiaca) was recently sighted in the Namdapha National Park a...
Why in news? On 26 May 2026 the foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the United States – the grouping known as the Quad – announced pl...
Why in news? The Algoza (also called Alghoza) gained attention recently when folk musician Taga Ram Bheel from Rajasthan’s Thar Desert received the ...
Why in news? The Karnataka state government has issued rules to regulate development activities around the Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary in Belagavi dist...
Why in news? The Union Home Minister announced the formation of a high‑level committee chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabha...
Why in news? Researchers at Catholicate College in Kerala’s Western Ghats discovered a new species of green alga, Interfilum shuklaii, in 2026. The ...
Why in news? India and Australia have been strengthening their strategic partnership to ensure a free, open and prosperous Indo‑Pacific. Understandi...
Why in news? In May 2026 an outbreak of the tick‑borne parasite Babesia killed eight Asiatic lions and left several more ailing in Gir National Park...
Why in news? In May 2026 the Indian Navy’s guided‑missile destroyer INS Kolkata responded to a distress call from merchant vessel MV Mashallah 1 i...
Why in news? The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports notified the National Sports Governance Board Rules and the National Sports Tribunal Rules in Ma...
Why in news? In May 2026 the Supreme Court dismissed Tamil Nadu’s review petition challenging the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir on the Cauve...
Why in news? Scientists from the Society for Education and Environmental Development and CSIR‑NEIST reported rediscovering Vaccinium piliferum, an e...
Why in news? The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has developed PAIMANA—Project Assessment, Infrastructure Monitoring & A...
Why in news? During Republic Day celebrations in January 2026 the Chief Executive Officer of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission highlighted t...
Why in news? Kerala’s High Court recently directed authorities to regulate houseboats on Vembanad Lake after pollution complaints. Though the court ...
Why in news? Researchers from IIT Madras and the Indian Institute of Science have synthesised a boron‑based analogue of ferrocene. Unlike classical ...
Why in news? Scientists have described a new species of octopus, named Microeledone galapagensis, from the deep waters near Darwin Island in the Galap...
Why in news? During Google’s I/O developer conference in May 2026, the company unveiled a major upgrade to its search platform: information agents. ...
Why in news? On 22 May 2026 a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hawaii’s Big Island at 9:46 p.m. local time. The epicentre was near the village of Hon...
Why in news? India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal visited Canada from 25 to 27 May 2026, leading the largest-ever Indian business del...
