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Why in news? The Union Budget 2026‑27 proposed a new programme called the Mahatma Gandhi Gram Swaraj Initiative to strengthen khadi, handloom and ha...
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Why in news? The Union Budget 2026‑27 proposed a new programme called the Mahatma Gandhi Gram Swaraj Initiative to strengthen khadi, handloom and ha...
Why in news? The 2023 Human Development Report, titled A Matter of Choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI, ranked India 130th out of 193 co...
Why in news? In the Union Budget 2026‑27, the government proposed the creation of community‑owned SHE Marts—retail outlets managed by women from...
Why in news? The Union Budget 2026‑27 announced that 17 drugs used to treat various cancers and seven categories of medicines for rare diseases will...
Why in news? The government’s interim Budget 2026 continued funding for the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM‑POSHAN) Scheme, commonly calle...
Why in news? Climate agencies have forecast that after a prolonged La Niña phase, El Niño conditions may return later in 2026. Understanding the El ...
Why in news? Ahead of World Wetlands Day (2 February 2026) India added two wetlands to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance: Patna ...
Why in news? India marked the 49th anniversary of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on 1 February 2026. Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the service fo...
Why in news? External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hosted foreign ministers from five Arab League countries in New Delhi ahead of the second India�...
Why in news? Researchers have demonstrated that a monolayer of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) can withstand the harsh radiation of space. A radio‑frequ...
Why in news? India’s Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur, led the Indian delegation to the 64th session of the United ...
Why in news? The Bihar government recently approved installation of Grain ATM machines under the Public Distribution System (PDS). These vending machi...
Why in news? In early 2026 the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons extended the deadline for the tenth bid round of the Open Acreage Licensing Program...
Why in news? On 1 February 2026 the State Bank of India (SBI) launched CHAKRA, a centre of excellence designed to finance India’s emerging “sunris...
Why in news? On the nights of 19 and 20 January 2026, the skies above Ladakh’s Hanle Dark Sky Reserve glowed an eerie crimson as a powerful solar st...
Why in news? The Indian Army and the Indo‑Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) conducted a joint artillery drill called Exercise Agni Pariksha at Sigar, Ar...
Why in news? Archaeologists in Oaxaca, Mexico recently unearthed a 1,400‑year‑old tomb belonging to the ancient Zapotec civilisation. The tomb, di...
Why in news? A study published in January 2026 described how embryos of fish and insects organise their cytoplasm during early development. Researcher...
Why in news? Botanists announced the discovery of a new orchid species, Diplocentrum papillosum, in the high‑altitude forests of Kanthalloor in Iduk...
Why in news? Farmers in Andhra Pradesh’s Uddanam region are gradually abandoning the age‑old Paathara, or Khoni, tradition of storing paddy in und...