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Kawal Tiger Reserve
Why in news? Kawal Tiger Reserve has become a priority site for tiger recovery. A new national roadmap places it in the first recovery stage. The rese...
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Why in news? Kawal Tiger Reserve has become a priority site for tiger recovery. A new national roadmap places it in the first recovery stage. The rese...
Why in news? A global study found that rice-paddy emissions roughly doubled over six decades. Expansion of cultivated area was the largest driver. Gre...
Why in news? Major industrial groups have shown interest in Odisha's Karlapat bauxite block. The large greenfield deposit is currently being offered t...
Why in news? The Supreme Court examined illegal sand mining around the National Chambal Sanctuary. Authorities had identified 551 facilitators in Madh...
Why in news? The Women and Child Development Ministry has created a unified Mission Vatsalya Portal. It joins three earlier child-tracking platforms w...
Why in news? Indian botanists have described a new ginger lily species from Shillong. They named it Hedychium zubeengargianum after singer Zubeen Garg...
Why in news? Indian researchers added borophene to castor oil for the first time. A very small amount sharply reduced friction between steel surfaces....
Why in news? Nine women officers completed the Samudra Pradakshina sailing expedition. The journey lasted 314 days and covered nearly 25,500 nautical ...
Why in news? A severe sal borer outbreak has affected forests in Madhya Pradesh. Dindori officials identified 147,380 damaged sal trees. The state has...
Why in news? The Government explained this umbrella scheme in the Lok Sabha. It supports students from selected disadvantaged social groups. Four scho...
Why in news? The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports opened nominations for the 2025 award. Online applications remain open from 21 July to 20 August...
Why in news? Botanists described a new flowering plant from Arunachal Pradesh. They named it Disporum yobinorum after the local Yobin community. The s...
Why in news? A rockfall struck trekkers descending Harishchandragad during heavy monsoon rain. Four visitors from Mumbai suffered injuries, including ...
Why in news? A Chinese destroyer conducted live-fire training near Japan-administered Okinotori. Russian and other Chinese vessels were also nearby. J...
Why in news? National leaders remembered revolutionary Batukeshwar Dutt on his death anniversary. He died on 20 July 1965. He is best known for the 19...
Why in news? The Union Government and Meghalaya launched Mission Golden Spice on 21 July 2026. The ₹175.45-crore project supports Lakadong turmeric....
Why in news? Indian researchers described five new Allographa species from the Western Ghats. Their study combined physical features, chemistry and ge...
Why in news? The ePlane Company unveiled India’s first full-scale electric vertical take-off and landing prototype. The aircraft is called e200X, wh...
Why in news? Heavy rain sharply increased inflows into the Chenab River and Salal reservoir. Authorities opened all dam gates on 21 July 2026. Downstr...
Why in news? The programme has rehabilitated over 10,200 persons engaged in begging. Its beggary component now operates across 216 cities. The Governm...