Angkor Thom Hydraulic System: Excavation & Water Management
Why in news? Archaeologists working at the Pool No. 11 site in Angkor Thom, Cambodia, have uncovered remnants of a sophisticated hydraulic system dati...
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Why in news? Archaeologists working at the Pool No. 11 site in Angkor Thom, Cambodia, have uncovered remnants of a sophisticated hydraulic system dati...
Why in news? A team of international researchers recently reported that a self‑reinforcing loop between certain immune cells lies at the heart of Sj...
Why in news? In June 2026 the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) fined the online education platform PhysicsWallah ₹5 lakh and the cyberse...
Why in news? The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) highlighted recent success stories under the National SC‑ST Hub (NSSH) Schem...
Why in news? Scottish authorities confirmed an outbreak of American Foulbrood (AFB) in an apiary in Kincardineshire in June 2026. The disease is fatal...
Why in news? Astronomers analysing five years of data from the Atacama Large Millimetre/Sub‑millimetre Array (ALMA) announced in 2026 that they had ...
Why in news? Scientists have described a new species of fish named Eechathalakenda incognita from the upper reaches of the Periyar River in Kerala. T...
Why in news? On 10 June 2026 Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari announced the breakthrough of the Zojila tunnel, meaning that excavation ...
Why in news? Wildlife officers and conservationists released 31 gharial hatchlings into the Gandak River near Bagaha in Bihar during the 2026 breeding...
Why in news? During the Tezpur Litchi Festival in June 2026, Assam exported one tonne of Geographical Indication (GI)‑tagged Tezpur litchis to Dubai...
Why in news? The Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2025 introduced a new requirement for caustic‑soda plants that use membrane‑cell...
Why in news? Zoologists recently described a previously unknown species of soil‑dwelling termite from the Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary in West Beng...