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Why in news? Farmers in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district are cultivating the threatened Himalayan herb Kutki. Nearly 180 farmers have joined a scie...
Why in news? A global study has classified atmospheric aerosols into seven distinct types. It used observations from 171 monitoring stations across si...
Why in news? Researchers have described a new stingless bee from Wokha district in Nagaland. They named it Tetragonula yikhumensis after Yikhum villag...
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? 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? Nine women officers completed the Samudra Pradakshina sailing expedition. The journey lasted 314 days and covered nearly 25,500 nautical ...
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? Indian botanists have described a new ginger lily species from Shillong. They named it Hedychium zubeengargianum after singer Zubeen Garg...
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? The Supreme Court examined illegal sand mining around the National Chambal Sanctuary. Authorities had identified 551 facilitators in Madh...
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? A global study found that rice-paddy emissions roughly doubled over six decades. Expansion of cultivated area was the largest driver. Gre...
