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Why in news? The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved a series of names proposed by Indian re...
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Why in news? The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved a series of names proposed by Indian re...
Why in news? The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology recently noted that the Entrepreneur‑in‑Residence (EIR) programme is gaining t...
Why in news? A recent epidemiological study projected that global cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) will rise by nearly 70 per cent by 2040...
Why in news? Researchers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital analysed a decade’s worth of data from...
Why in news? A new analysis of health records from more than 11 million U.S. military veterans has found that untreated obstructive sleep apnea nearly...
Why in news? Viral videos have surfaced showing roasted chana (gram) being coated with an industrial dye known as Auramine O to make it appear brighte...
Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the Cyber Security Innovation Challenge 1.0 under the ongoin...
Why in news? Researchers have shown that spores of the common moss Physcomitrium patens can survive extended exposure to the harsh environment of spac...
Why in news? Health officials in Karnataka reported that by the second week of November 2025, 2,042 cases of leptospirosis were recorded across the st...
Why in news? NASA recently released detailed images of Comet 3I/Atlas, an interstellar visitor travelling through our Solar System. The photographs, c...
Why in news? With the rise of precision medicine, pharmacogenomics has attracted renewed attention from researchers and health‑care providers. Recen...
Why in news? A team of scientists analysing data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected previously unknown organic molecules in the ice grains ...
Why in news? The condition acanthosis nigricans has come back into focus because health experts note that recognising its signs early can help detect ...
Why in news? On 19 November 2025 India unveiled BIRSA 101, the country’s first indigenous gene therapy based on CRISPR technology to treat Sickle Ce...
Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched YUVA AI for ALL, a free, self‑paced course designed to intr...
Why in news? Mizoram has been battling a severe outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), with thousands of pigs dying in 2025. The state government has ...
Why in news? A recent study by researchers at Keck Medicine of USC reported that exposure to tetrachloroethylene (also called perchloroethylene or PCE...
Why in news? Recurrent miscarriages and unexplained blood clots in otherwise healthy individuals have drawn attention to Antiphospholipid Syndrome (AP...
Why in news? An article published on 18 November 2025 in Business Standard drew renewed attention to Vitamin K, highlighting its roles beyond blood cl...
Why in news? On 16–17 November 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying Sentinel‑6B, an ocean‑...