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Why in news? Marine biologists announced a new species of walking shark, named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, discovered in March 2025 in Milne Bay, Papua Ne...
Why in news? The Madras High Court heard a public interest petition in June 2026 seeking a scientific census of tigers around Berijam Lake inside Koda...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India delivered a key judgment in the case of Makardhwaj Ram v. Jagdish Rai in June 2026. The Court clarified princi...
Why in news? Herpetologists recently reported the first confirmed sighting of the Sistan sand boa (Eryx sistanensis) in the northern Thar Desert of Ra...
Why in news? On 24 June 2026 a news report revealed that a captive‑bred long‑ billed vulture released in Maharashtra’s Melghat Tiger Reserve in ...
Why in news? Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA have revealed that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains water with extremel...
Why in news? On 22 June 2026 the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services began issuing specialised El Niño bulletins for the maritime s...
Why in news? On 21 June 2026 tourists hiking on Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego were forced to run for safety when the volcano suddenly erupted. Video s...
Why in news? In June 2026 news reports highlighted the death of Bhuri Bai Saharia, a woman from Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, who collapsed after ...
Why in news? Russia’s 9M730 Burevestnik cruise missile, known to NATO as SSC‑X‑9 Skyfall, returned to headlines after researchers analysed recen...
Why in news? Following a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) announced plans to evacuate about...
Why in news? The Ministry of Women and Child Development has invited nominations for the 2026 Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar. Children aged bet...
