Polity
Critical Minerals: A Strategic Asset
Why in news? India’s clean‑energy ambitions and recent export restrictions by major suppliers have placed critical minerals – such as lithium, c...
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Why in news? India’s clean‑energy ambitions and recent export restrictions by major suppliers have placed critical minerals – such as lithium, c...
Why in news? As of July 2025 humanitarian agencies reported that over two million people in the Gaza Strip were facing severe food insecurity. Images ...
Why in news? The government informed Parliament that India has completed the development and ground testing of the Human‑Rated Launch Vehicle Mark 3...
Why in news? Scientists at the Bose Institute in India announced in July 2025 that they have developed a genetically modified pineapple variety resist...
Why in news? India unveiled a replica of an Ashokan pillar at Waskaduwa Sri Subhuthi Viharaya in Sri Lanka in July 2025. The gesture commemorates Empe...
Why in news? India observed National Broadcasting Day on 23 July 2025, marking the anniversary of the first radio broadcast from the Bombay Station of...
Why in news? The resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in July 2025 raised questions about the procedures for filling a vacancy and re‑elec...
Why in news? The Indian Air Force (IAF) announced that its last two MiG‑21 Bison squadrons would be retired in September 2025, ending more than six ...
Why in news? The United States announced in July 2025 that it would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
Why in news? A massive bloom of the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi off the coast of South Australia in July 2025 killed more than 400 marine s...
Why in news? The “Meri Panchayat” mobile application won the Champion award in the “Cultural Diversity and Local Content” category at the Worl...
Why in news? The Lakshadweep administration issued a notification in July 2025 to acquire Bitra Island for defence purposes. The plan sparked protests...
Why in news? Researchers and public intellectuals revisited pre‑independence constitutional drafts in July 2025. Texts such as the 1895 Constitution...
Why in news? The Union Budget 2025‑26 proposed an ambitious target of 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047 and allocated ₹20,000 crore for dev...
Why in news? John Warmington, a veteran diver from Vanuatu, recently described how once‑vibrant coral reefs near Havannah Harbour have become gravey...
Why in news? A social audit conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice in 2025 found that more than 90% of workers who died while cleaning sewers in ...
Why in news? In July 2025 the U.S. Congress passed, and President Donald Trump signed, the “Generating Essential National Investment in U.S. Stablec...
Why in news? Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from office in July 2025, nearly two years before the end of his five‑year term, citing health...
Why in news? The NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite is scheduled for launch on 30 July 2025 from Sriharikota using the GSLV‑F16 ...
Why in news? A recent marriage in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, where a woman wed two brothers from the Hatti community, rekindled public dis...