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Why in news? West Bengal began a preventive drug campaign against lymphatic filariasis in ten districts. Starting in Howrah during June 2026, health w...
Why in news? Scientists described a new freshwater red alga and named it Sheathia meghalayensis after Meghalaya. Only one very small population is pre...
Why in news? Researchers confirmed Parrot bornavirus 4 in captive Indian birds for the first time. They tested 83 parrots across three states, and 44 ...
Why in news? Scientists identified a new fungal genus from Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary and named it Hyalokamalomyces. The fungus was found on dis...
Why in news? Indian entomologists described a new coastal Karnataka thrips named Trachynotothrips vyaghravahini. They collected it from flowers at Pil...
Why in news? A new assessment examined rapid grassland loss inside Assam’s Manas Tiger Reserve. Between 1990 and 2019, researchers recorded shrinkin...
Why in news? The Global Liveability Index 2026 assessed living conditions across 173 selected cities. Copenhagen ranked first, while New Delhi stood a...
Why in news? The archive revisited five appointments notified for the National Disaster Management Authority on 29 August 2025. Three members received...
Why in news? The Union government approved deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) indexing for greater one-horned rhinoceroses. The database will identify animal...
Why in news? The Commerce Ministry reviewed Andhra Pradesh’s 2025–26 Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco marketing season. Officials discussed faster proc...
Why in news? Taiwan’s long-range radar tracked a Chinese ballistic-missile launch from the South China Sea. China did not publicly identify the miss...
Why in news? Maharashtra will build a memorial to warrior Jivaji Mahale near Pratapgad Fort. The first phase has received ₹1 crore. Jivaji protected...
Why in news? A global conservation assessment examined molluscs found only around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. It classified 125 of 201 assessed speci...
Why in news? Samriddh Gram won a World Summit on the Information Society Prize in Geneva. The award recognised its rural service-delivery model under ...
Why in news? A Union environment ministry expert committee opposed the proposed Sharavathi pumped-storage project. It warned about habitat fragmentati...
Why in news? Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati researchers developed a biological material for removing lead from water. The material comes from...
Why in news? Financial Intelligence Unit–India became runner-up for the Best Egmont Case Award 2026. Its case traced about ₹868 crore in alleged c...
Why in news? China’s commerce ministry and customs authority temporarily stopped helium exports on 10 July 2026. They initially gave no detailed pub...
Why in news? The National Green Tribunal sought a report on waste disposal beside the Saryu River. An inspection found scattered municipal waste near ...
Why in news? The Union government released a detailed review of farm mechanisation support. Since 2014–15, SMAM has received ₹9,404.47 crore. It h...
