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Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025
Why in News? Parliament has passed the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, repealing the nearly century‑old Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925. The...
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Why in News? Parliament has passed the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, repealing the nearly century‑old Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925. The...
Why in News? A rare intrahepatic ectopic pregnancy was reported in Uttar Pradesh, bringing attention to a serious yet often misunderstood medical cond...
Why in News? The first auction under India’s Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Scheme resulted in a record‑low price o...
Why in News? The killing of a civilian seeking food aid in Gaza has drawn attention to the concept of necropolitics, which examines how power structur...
Why in News? The Enforcement Directorate uncovered a ₹260 crore international cyber‑fraud case in which criminals laundered money through cryptocu...
Why in News? A new form of techno‑capitalism is taking shape in the United States, emphasising deregulation of artificial intelligence and digital f...
Why in news? Uttarkashi district came into focus after the 6 August 2025 cloudburst. Located in the Himalayas, it is a hub of pilgrimage and mountain ...
Why in news? On National Handloom Day (7 August 2025), the Ministry of Textiles launched a mobile marketplace called “Haat on Wheels” to promote I...
Why in news? A synchronised survey conducted in early 2025 across Tamil Nadu and Kerala found that the population of the Nilgiri tahr, Tamil Nadu’s ...
Why in news? Marine biologists recently identified Vibrio pectenicida, a bacterium, as the agent causing sea star wasting disease (SSWD), which has de...
Why in news? After the success of Operation Sindoor in 2025, the Indian Navy and Air Force announced plans to procure larger numbers of the BrahMos su...
Why in news? Parliament approved a six‑month extension of President’s Rule in Manipur in August 2025. Direct central governance was first imposed ...
Why in news? India is progressively expanding opportunities for women in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Recent data highlight growing numbers of women ...
Why in news? NITI Aayog released a report in August 2025 outlining how India could unlock a US$200 billion electric‑vehicle market by 2035. The repo...
Why in news? During Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s state visit in August 2025, India and the Philippines signed a joint declaration e...
Why in news? A sudden cloudburst over Uttarakhand’s Dharali region on 6 August 2025 caused flash floods and landslides, sweeping away houses and c...
Why in news? In early August 2025, India and the Philippines conducted their first bilateral naval drill in the South China Sea, signalling closer mar...
Why in news? In August 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Pollution Control Boards (PCBs) can impose restitutionary damages on polluters under the Wat...
Why in news? Ten critically endangered Asian giant tortoises were released into the Zeliang Community Reserve in Nagaland in August 2025 as part of a ...
Why in news? Hyderabad‑based private firm Dhruva Space announced its first commercial satellite launch, the LEAP‑1 mission, to be carried aboard S...