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Hussain Sagar Lake Cleanup
Why in news? The historic Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad has long suffered from algal bloom and a foul smell due to sewage and industrial effluents. To ad...
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Why in news? The historic Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad has long suffered from algal bloom and a foul smell due to sewage and industrial effluents. To ad...
Why in news? The African Grey Parrot made headlines recently when wildlife authorities in India reminded owners that this charismatic bird is listed i...
Why in news? Health officials in Karnataka reported that by the second week of November 2025, 2,042 cases of leptospirosis were recorded across the st...
Why in news? Indian marine biologists recently reported the discovery of a new species of deep‑sea squid in the Arabian Sea. The specimen was collec...
Why in news? An analysis of Central Electricity Authority data between 1 and 19 November 2025 found that fifteen coal‑fired power units in the Natio...
Why in news? The India Justice Report released in late 2024 continues to draw attention in 2025 for highlighting severe delays in India’s juvenile j...
Why in news? The Department of Forests & Wildlife in Chandigarh, in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India, launched a week‑long wildlif...
Why in news? The India Meteorological Department reported around 20 November 2025 that a cyclonic circulation had formed over the central parts of the...
Why in news? Manipur’s annual Sangai Festival began on 21 November 2025 in Imphal under the theme “Where blossoms breathe harmony”. The ten‑da...
Why in news? In November 2025 the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued two important directives. On 20 November the authority i...
Why in news? A peer‑reviewed study published in November 2025 reported that people in Indian megacities are unknowingly inhaling microscopic plastic...
Why in news? The Mahi (Mahisagar) River in western India returned to the headlines after a section of the Gambhira–Mujpur bridge over the river in G...
Why in news? The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently attended the 11th Joint Crediting Mechanism Partner Countries’ M...
Why in news? NASA recently released detailed images of Comet 3I/Atlas, an interstellar visitor travelling through our Solar System. The photographs, c...
Why in news? With the rise of precision medicine, pharmacogenomics has attracted renewed attention from researchers and health‑care providers. Recen...
Why in news? Civil‑society naturalists in Visakhapatnam recently documented large groups of Indian Pond Herons and Cattle Egrets undertaking nocturn...
Why in news? A recent ruling by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court clarified that the “clean hands” doctrine cannot be invoked to deny relie...
Why in news? A team of scientists analysing data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected previously unknown organic molecules in the ice grains ...
Why in news? The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signed a series of agreements worth about ₹3,000 crore during India Maritime Week 2025. ...
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard recently completed Sagar Kavach‑02/25, a large‑scale coastal security drill conducted along the Maharashtra an...