Indian Crested Porcupine: Pampore Saffron Fields, Hystrix indica & Wildlife Protection Act
Why in news? Farmers in Pampore, Jammu & Kashmir, reported that Indian crested porcupines have been digging up saffron corms, leading to a sharp drop ...
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Why in news? Farmers in Pampore, Jammu & Kashmir, reported that Indian crested porcupines have been digging up saffron corms, leading to a sharp drop ...
Why in news? India’s space agency ISRO and the Indian Air Force’s Institute of Aerospace Medicine completed a unique high‑altitude analogue miss...
Why in news? The Udanti‑Sitanadi Tiger Reserve (USTR) in Chhattisgarh has recorded the movement of three tigers through its forests in recent months...
Why in news? A measles outbreak in Bangladesh has claimed more than 100 lives, mostly children, and prompted a large‑scale immunisation campaign. Th...
Why in news? A recent study using electronic health records of nearly three million individuals found that people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) f...
Why in news? India has dispatched relief materials including kitchen sets, hygiene kits, plastic sheets, tarpaulins and sleeping bags to Afghanistan a...
Why in news? Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated a new BioNEST incubation centre at the Council of Scientific and Industr...
Why in news? Wildlife officers in Uttar Pradesh intercepted a vehicle in Greater Noida and rescued 16 Indian softshell turtles that were being smuggle...
Why in news? Researchers from Rajiv Gandhi University in Arunachal Pradesh and the University of Tübingen in Germany have identified three previously...
Why in news? The Election Commission of India (ECI) recently unveiled ECINet, a comprehensive digital portal that integrates more than forty existing ...
Why in news? On 5 April 2026 India celebrated National Maritime Day with the theme “Maritime India – Empowering Progress.” The Prime Minister an...
Why in news? The administration of Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu recently travelled deep into the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve to check on remote tribal ...