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Why in news? The Manipur Fisheries Department organised its annual Fish Fair and Fish Crop Competition on the eve of the Ningol Chakouba festival, ens...
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Why in news? The Manipur Fisheries Department organised its annual Fish Fair and Fish Crop Competition on the eve of the Ningol Chakouba festival, ens...
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Why in news? Foresters at the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka recently sighted and photographed a striped hyena in the park’s safari zone. The anima...
Why in news? Scientists in the United States recently reported promising results from a Phase 1 trial of a new malaria-preventing antibody known as MA...
Why in news? A local naturalist recently reported sighting a rare Malabar gliding frog near Hirebagewadi in Karnataka's Belagavi district. Such sighti...
Why in news? Researchers conducting a pilot study in Europe found that ground beetles from the family Carabidae can act as natural "bio-indicators" of...
Why in news? Residents and wildlife enthusiasts have raised alarm over the dwindling population of spotted deer in the Konark-Balukhand Wildlife Sanct...
Why in news? The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently praised India's liberalised Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme for boosting the par...
Why in news? Researchers from Nagaland University have discovered that sinapic acid, a plant-derived phenolic compound, can accelerate wound healing i...
Why in news? Botanists in Kerala have described a new species of plant from the carrot family named Tetrataenium manilalianum. The discovery adds to t...
Why in news? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held its plenary meetings in Paris from 22 to 24 October 2025. Among the topics discussed was the ...
Why in news? India's Prime Minister celebrated the festival of Diwali aboard the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant and praised the unity of the armed force...
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Why in news? During an International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in mid‑October 2025, delegates considered a proposal to levy a global fee o...
Why in news? At the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress held in late 2025, the Pacific island nation of ...
Why in news? On 18 October 2025, the forest department of Himachal Pradesh organised an international bird‑watching programme in the Rakchham–Chit...
Why in news? On 17 October 2025, Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met China’s Deputy Finance Minister Liao Min during the annual IMF...
Why in news? In October 2025, Florida wildlife officials confirmed the state’s second case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a white‑tailed deer...
Why in news? India’s biotechnology community recently celebrated the development of Nafithromycin, a new antibiotic discovered and developed within ...
Why in news? The Bodoland Territorial Region in Assam recently announced that Bathouism, the traditional faith of the Bodo community, would be listed ...