Environment
Titanidiops kolhapurensis – New Trapdoor Spider
Why in news? A joint team from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and Shivaji University, Kolhapur, discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in the ...
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Why in news? A joint team from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and Shivaji University, Kolhapur, discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in the ...
Why in news? During a Rajya Sabha session, the Minister of State for Science and Technology announced that the Bharat GenAI initiative will complete t...
Why in news? India’s Prime Minister undertook a two‑day official visit to Malaysia, highlighting the growing strategic partnership between the two...
Why in news? The National Statistics Office (NSO) has launched a beta version of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the eSankhyiki portal. Th...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) announced the discovery of two new polychaete worms from the northern Bay of Bengal...
Why in news? Two recent developments have brought the Jagannath temple into the news. In Jharkhand, President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to lay the f...
Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on 6 February 2026 and unanimously decided to keep the benchmark repo r...
Why in news? The latest winter census conducted by the Uttar Pradesh forest department recorded 20,628 Sarus cranes across the state—an increase of ...
Why in news? The states of New York and New Jersey have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. federal administration over the suspension of $16 billion in ...
Why in news? India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have signed a Terms of Reference document to negotiate a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement....
Why in news? Iran is grappling with an extreme drought that has left Lake Urmia almost completely dry. Rainfall in autumn 2025 was about 90 percent be...
Why in news? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has flagged off a joint mountaineering expedition to Mt Aconcagua in Argentina. The team, comprising instr...
