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Improvised Explosive Devices: Composition and Counter‑Measures

Improvised Explosive Devices: Composition and Counter‑Measures

Why in news? Recent incidents in conflict zones have drawn attention to the continued use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by insurgent groups. ...

Altermagnets: The Newly Discovered Form of Magnetism

Altermagnets: The Newly Discovered Form of Magnetism

Why in news? Physicists have experimentally confirmed the existence of a new type of magnetism called altermagnetism. Studies conducted at the Swiss L...

Booker Prize 2025 Winner – David Szalay’s Flesh

Booker Prize 2025 Winner – David Szalay’s Flesh

Why in news? At a ceremony held in London on 10 November 2025, Hungarian‑British author David Szalay won the Booker Prize for his novel Flesh. He is...

Cornea: Function and New Rules for Transplantation Centres

Cornea: Function and New Rules for Transplantation Centres

Why in news? The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has amended the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules 2014. The change, noti...

Indian Laburnum (Amaltas): Changing Flowering Patterns

Indian Laburnum (Amaltas): Changing Flowering Patterns

Why in news? Observations by citizen scientists have shown that the Indian Laburnum tree is flowering earlier and for longer periods in many parts of ...

Exercise Mitra Shakti 2025 – India–Sri Lanka Joint Military Drill

Exercise Mitra Shakti 2025 – India–Sri Lanka Joint Military Drill

Why in news? India and Sri Lanka are holding the eleventh edition of Exercise Mitra Shakti from 10 to 23 November 2025 in Belagavi, Karnataka. This an...

Molasses: Export Duty Removal and Its Many Uses

Molasses: Export Duty Removal and Its Many Uses

Why in news? The Government of India has allowed the export of 1.5 million tonnes of sugar during the 2025‑26 season and removed a 50 percent duty o...

Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Mauritania and Senegal

Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Mauritania and Senegal

Why in news? The World Health Organisation has reported an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Mauritania and Senegal between late September and Oc...

Lake Turkana: Falling Water Levels Triggering Rift Valley Earthquakes

Lake Turkana: Falling Water Levels Triggering Rift Valley Earthquakes

Why in news? Geologists have discovered that long‑term drops in Lake Turkana’s water level have increased the frequency of earthquakes and volcani...

Coronary Artery Disease and the Gut Microbiome

Coronary Artery Disease and the Gut Microbiome

Why in news? A new study by researchers in Seoul examined the gut bacteria of people with coronary artery disease (CAD) and compared them with the mic...

Angola

Angola

Why in news? President Droupadi Murmu recently became the first Indian head of state to visit Angola. She addressed the Angolan Parliament and met Pre...

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Why in news? The city of Belém in Brazil’s Amazon region will host the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP‑30) to the UNFCCC from 10–21 Novembe...

Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC)

Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC)

Why in news? Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and NASA have used the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) aboard India�...

Financial Sector Assessment (FSA) Report

Financial Sector Assessment (FSA) Report

Why in news? The World Bank recently released its Financial Sector Assessment (FSA) report on India under the joint IMF–World Bank Financial Sector ...

Ricin

Ricin

Why in news? The Gujarat Anti‑Terrorism Squad recently arrested three men, including a doctor, for allegedly trying to extract the deadly toxin rici...

National Board for Wildlife (NBWL)

National Board for Wildlife (NBWL)

Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife has recently approved several infrastructure projects near protected areas, prompting discussions about i...

Konark Sun Temple

Konark Sun Temple

Why in news? The Archaeological Survey of India has restricted visitors from entering the Nata Mandap (dance hall) of the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha ...

Canary Islands

Canary Islands

Why in news? In early November 2025, large waves generated by a powerful storm slammed into Tenerife in the Canary Islands, sweeping people off rocks ...

Sal Tree (Shorea robusta)

Sal Tree (Shorea robusta)

Why in news? A new study by researchers from the Environment Department of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) in Shimla has identified the Sal tree as ...

Exercise Malabar

Exercise Malabar

Why in news? The 2025 edition of Exercise Malabar began on 10 November 2025 near Guam in the Northern Pacific. Hosted by the United States, the exerci...

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