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Majorana Particles
Why in news? Physicists around the world are excited about recent experiments suggesting the existence of Majorana particles in superconducting nanowi...
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Why in news? Physicists around the world are excited about recent experiments suggesting the existence of Majorana particles in superconducting nanowi...
Why in news? The year 2025 marks the centenary of the Self‑Respect Movement, launched in 1925 in present‑day Tamil Nadu. Commemorations and disc...
Why in news? In September 2025 the Union Cabinet approved a six‑year incentive scheme worth ₹1,500 crore under the National Critical Mineral Mis...
Why in news? India’s defence production sector received a boost in 2025 when export orders from the corporatised ordnance factories crossed ₹3,500...
Why in news? In September 2025 India’s export prospects dimmed after the United States announced punitive tariffs of up to 50 per cent on a large...
Why in news? The long‑standing debate over the constitutional limit on caste reservations came back into focus in early September 2025. Some state...
Why it matters The Seychelles frequently appears in news about regional diplomacy and maritime security. Understanding its geography helps explain why...
Why in news? The Union government has issued new rules under the Immigration and Citizenship laws giving Foreigners Tribunals (FTs) powers equivalent ...
Why in news? The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) launched the BHARATI initiative in September 2025 to nu...
Why in news? In early September 2025 residents of Band Bazar in Nanda Nagar, a town in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, experienced sudden land subsi...
Why in news? The Institute for Economics and Peace released the Global Peace Index (GPI) for 2025, ranking 163 countries on their level of peacefulnes...
Why in news? At the Semicon India conference held in Bengaluru in early September 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Vikram 3201 — India’...
