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Kyasanur Forest Disease (Monkey Fever)
Why in news? A 29‑year‑old man from Karnataka succumbed to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in January 2026, drawing attention to this tick‑borne v...
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Why in news? A 29‑year‑old man from Karnataka succumbed to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in January 2026, drawing attention to this tick‑borne v...
Why in news? The Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district, Odisha, recently declared ‘Maoist‑free’, is emerging as a promising habitat fo...
h3>Why in news? The Minister of State for Law and Justice informed the Rajya Sabha about the establishment of District Legal Services Clinics by the N...
Why in news? Russia’s Shiveluch (Sheveluch) volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula erupted explosively in late January 2026, sending ash plumes high int...
Why in news? The Karnataka government has proposed reducing the area of Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary, sparking opposition from ecologists and conser...
Why in news? Images of a rare rusty‑spotted cat captured in a protected forest in western India recently went viral, drawing attention to this elusi...
Why in news? The Sea of Japan has drawn attention in recent months due to regional geopolitical tensions and disputes over its naming, as well as extr...
Why in news? Health authorities continue to spotlight scabies as a neglected tropical disease affecting more than 200 million people worldwide at any ...
Why in news? A pioneering rewilding project off Thailand’s Maiton Island recently released several aquarium‑bred Indo‑Pacific leopard sharks (al...
Why in news? The ALICE collaboration at CERN has revealed that about 90 percent of deuterons and antideuterons produced in proton–proton collisions ...
Why in news? Scientists have warned that decades of heavy use of phosphorus fertilisers have left soils saturated with so‑called “legacy phosphoru...
Why in news? At a gathering of WaSH warriors and school students in New Delhi on 28 January 2026, the Union Minister of Jal Shakti inaugurated 25 JALA...
Why in news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched the Panchayat Assistance and Messaging (PANCHAM) system on 25 January 2026. Designed as a WhatsAp...
Why in news? The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) has been discussed again in the context of Europe’s search for reliable and climate‑fr...
Why in news? Botanists have discovered a new species of wildflower on the lateritic plateaus of the Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra’s Konkan regio...
Why in news? Myanmar has drawn international attention after its military‑backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) claimed a large share...
Why in news? Researchers from Nagaland University and partner institutions have described a new species of wax plant, Hoya nagaensis, discovered in th...
Why in news? On 27 January 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward to 85 seconds to midnight, signal...
Why in news? The Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain has been in the spotlight due to record numbers of devotees attending the pre‑dawn Bhasma Aarti duri...
Why in news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been promoting the Model Youth Gram Sabha (MYGS) programme in schools across India. The initiative sim...