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Category: Current Affairs
National Entrepreneurship Day
WHO urged to revise standards for nitrate levels in drinking water
Why in News? Several global health and environmental organisations have urged the World Health Organization Read More …
‘Cellophane’ bees make their nests from biodegradable plastic
Why in News? Researchers have characterised a naturally produced, polyethylene-like polyester in the nest linings Read More …
Indian NGO REACH receives Kochon Prize 2026
Why in News? Resource group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health (REACH) has been Read More …
Commercial cultivation within forest land not protected under FRA, 2006: SC
Why in News? The Supreme Court has observed that commercial crop cultivation within reserve forest Read More …
Exercise MALABAR 2026
Why in News? The Indian Navy’s indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri arrived at Yokosuka Naval Read More …
Trade margins on 137 anti-cancer medicines capped at 30% of the maximum retail price
Why in News? On 17 October 2026, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) capped the Read More …
National tabletop exercise ‘VAJRA-SAT’
Why in News? The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), in coordination with ICAR-National Read More …
India-EU conclude negotiations to join Horizon Europe programme
Why in News? India and the European Union (EU) have successfully concluded negotiations for India’s Read More …
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (Swift satellite)
Why in News? NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (Swift satellite) ended its 20-year mission and Read More …
Bay of Bengal Network of Ocean Researchers for Fisheries (BOB-NOR)
Why in News? India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives have jointly launched the Bay Read More …
US Midterm Elections
What are Midterm Elections? Key Features 1. House of Representatives 2. Senate 3. State-level Elections Read More …
How was Cyclone Murasu named?
Why in News? Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to ensure uninterrupted Read More …
Allianz Green Transition Tracker 2026
Why in News? According to the Allianz Green Transition Tracker 2026, India’s greenhouse gas (GHG) Read More …
Amini-India’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft
The Indian Navy on November 5 took delivery of ‘Amini’, an indigenously designed and built Read More …
First BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise
The maiden BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise successfully concluded at Sri Vijaya Puram on November 3. Read More …
Exercise ‘RAHAT MITRA’
India and Myanmar conducted their first bilateral Tri-Services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise, Read More …
DRDO successfully tests indigenously developed Pralay missile
Why in News? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a flight test Read More …
Mahabharata, Rajatarangini and Arthashastra enter UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific memory register
Why in News? Three major works of India’s literary and intellectual heritage—Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, the Mahabharata Read More …
Terahertz (THz) Communication
Why in News? A new silicon chip has demonstrated the ability to transmit terahertz (THz) Read More …
India’s Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (I-OECMs)
Why in News? The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change released the Guidelines Read More …
Network Anubhav Platform & MySpeed SDK
Why in News? The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched the Network Anubhav Read More …
MANAGE gets Centre of Excellence-Skills recognition
Why in News? The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad, has been recognised Read More …
Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Scheme for Development of Grid-Scale Energy Storage Systems
Why in News? The Union Cabinet approved the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Scheme for Development Read More …
Capex Support Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Processing
Why in News? The Union Cabinet has approved the Capex Support Scheme to Promote Critical Read More …