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Taftan volcano shows signs of awakening
Why in news? Researchers analysing satellite radar data have detected an uplift of around 9 cm on the flanks of Taftan volcano in south‑eastern Iran...
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Why in news? Researchers analysing satellite radar data have detected an uplift of around 9 cm on the flanks of Taftan volcano in south‑eastern Iran...
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Why in news? Researchers from India’s Raman Research Institute (RRI), the Indian Institute of Science and the University of Calgary announced a nove...
Why in news? The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John Martinis for showing that phenomena predic...
Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) introduced IRSA 1.0, India’s first national software architecture standard for...
Why in news? The India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025 took place from 8 to 11 October at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. It is Asia’s largest event for di...