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Alpheus vembanadi: Two New Pistol Shrimps from Kochi
Why in news?A research team has described two new pistol shrimp species from the Cochin estuary in Kerala. Their formal names are Alpheus vembanadi an...
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Why in news?A research team has described two new pistol shrimp species from the Cochin estuary in Kerala. Their formal names are Alpheus vembanadi an...
Why in news?Researchers published a detailed study of the venom gland of Stegodyphus sarasinorum on 24 August. They combined several molecular methods...
Why in news?Vice-President Chandrapuram Ponnusami Radhakrishnan met a parliamentary delegation from Seychelles in New Delhi on 3 September. Speaker Az...
Why in news?Two national learning programmes on agentic artificial intelligence were launched in New Delhi on 3 September. India's National Institute ...
Why in news?The Union government has declared Gollala Gudi in Telangana a monument of national importance. The final notification is dated 31 August a...
Why in news?The Food and Agriculture Organization released its latest global food price assessment on 4 September. Its Food Price Index averaged 133.3...
Why in news?Botanists have formally described a flowering plant named Osbeckia ulotricha. The finding came from shola grasslands inside the Agasthyama...
Why in news?Researchers have described a new flowering plant called Ophiorrhiza assamensis. They found it beside the Sajjanpara-Satargaon Road in Assa...
Why in news?Scientists have developed a faster method for finding vaccine targets in Streptococcus pneumoniae. This bacterium can cause pneumonia, men...
Why in news?The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its Limiting Overshoot report on 2 September 2026. It says long-term warming will...
Why in news?Punjab politicians recently invoked the baaj during rival campaign speeches. One claim linked a circling bird with protection after an Aug...
Why in news?Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched BIO-NIVESH on 3 September 2026. The first roundtable connected twenty biotechnology and deep-techno...
