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National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research – India’s Pole to Pole Explorer

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research – India’s Pole to Pole Explorer

Why in news? The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) celebrated its silver jubilee in November 2025. To mark the occasion, India issu...

Cold Wave – Understanding the Phenomenon

Cold Wave – Understanding the Phenomenon

Why in news? The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued warnings of a cold wave in northern India during December 2025. With temperatures forec...

GLP‑1 Drugs – Managing Diabetes and Weight

GLP‑1 Drugs – Managing Diabetes and Weight

Why in news? Medications based on glucagon‑like peptide 1 (GLP‑1), such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, gained widespread attention in 2025 for th...

Bitra Island – Lakshadweep’s Smallest Inhabited Isle

Bitra Island – Lakshadweep’s Smallest Inhabited Isle

Why in news? Bitra Island made headlines in mid‑2025 when reports suggested that the Lakshadweep administration was considering its takeover for def...

Bonda Tribe – Guardians of Odisha’s Hills

Bonda Tribe – Guardians of Odisha’s Hills

Why in news? The Bonda tribe came into focus in 2025 after the government announced housing assistance for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG...

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana – Securing Farmers’ Harvests

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana – Securing Farmers’ Harvests

Why in news? The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), India’s flagship crop insurance scheme, completed nearly nine years of implementation by ...

Chambal River and National Chambal Sanctuary

Chambal River and National Chambal Sanctuary

Why in news? The Chambal River and its wildlife sanctuary were in the spotlight as environmentalists called for stricter protection of one of India’...

Exercise Ekuverin – India–Maldives joint military drill

Exercise Ekuverin – India–Maldives joint military drill

Why in news? The 14th edition of Exercise Ekuverin, the annual bilateral military exercise between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence F...

India’s 2025 Human Development Index report

India’s 2025 Human Development Index report

Why in news? The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its Human Development Report 2025 in May 2025. The report notes that India’s ...

Political instability and poverty in Guinea‑Bissau

Political instability and poverty in Guinea‑Bissau

Why in news? On 26 November 2025, heavy gunfire erupted in the West African nation of Guinea‑Bissau. Soldiers from the presidential guard seized c...

Heron Mk II – India’s newly procured surveillance UAV

Heron Mk II – India’s newly procured surveillance UAV

Why in news? India has decided to procure additional Heron Mk II unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel to strengthen intelligence, surveillanc...

Bioremediation – using microbes to clean polluted environments

Bioremediation – using microbes to clean polluted environments

Why in news? With increasing awareness about sustainable waste management, scientists and policymakers are exploring bioremediation as an eco‑friend...

Reinforcing the Biological Weapons Convention after 50 years

Reinforcing the Biological Weapons Convention after 50 years

Why in news? At the 50th‑anniversary conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Geneva, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar urged...

Sanchar Saathi – government initiative to secure mobile connections

Sanchar Saathi – government initiative to secure mobile connections

Why in news? On 28 November 2025, India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) privately directed smartphone manufacturers to pre‑install the ...

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Why in news? The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued show‑cause notices to the Kerala Chief Minister and officials of the Kerala Infrastructure ...

Hornbill Festival – Nagaland’s “festival of festivals”

Hornbill Festival – Nagaland’s “festival of festivals”

Why in news? The 26th edition of the Hornbill Festival opened on 1 December 2025 at the Naga Heritage Village near Kohima, coinciding with Nagaland�...

Fluoride contamination in Odisha: health crisis in Mayurbhanj

Fluoride contamination in Odisha: health crisis in Mayurbhanj

Why in news? A report in Down To Earth magazine in December 2025 exposed how villages in Budhikhamari panchayat of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, are dr...

TEAM scheme – bridging MSMEs to e‑commerce via ONDC

TEAM scheme – bridging MSMEs to e‑commerce via ONDC

Why in news? On 1 December 2025 the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) announced the Trade Enablement and Marketing (TEAM) Initi...

Khiamniungan Tribe of Nagaland

Khiamniungan Tribe of Nagaland

Why in news? In the same Mann Ki Baat episode, the Prime Minister mentioned the Khiamniungan (also spelled Khiamniungan or Khiamni‑Yangan) tribe of ...

Darjeeling Mandarin Orange receives GI status

Darjeeling Mandarin Orange receives GI status

Why in news? The Darjeeling Mandarin orange, a citrus variety grown on the hills of West Bengal, was granted a Geographical Indication tag on 24 Novem...

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