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Chenchu Tribe

Source: TH Why in News?  The Chenchu tribe in Andhra Pradesh is encountering growing difficulties as a result of the discontinuation of the...

25 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Parkinson's Disease

Source: TH  Why in News?  A recent research has proposed a significant shift in understanding Parkinson’s Disease (PD) through the...

24 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

International Snow Leopard Day 2024

Source: DTE Why in News?  International Snow Leopard Day is celebrated every year on 23rd October. International Snow Leopard...

24 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

New Airports Under RCS-UDAN

Source: PIB   Why in News? Recently, the Prime Minister inaugurated three airports under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS-UDAN) in...

23 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Excluded Sports From Commonwealth Games 2026

Source: IE Why in News? In the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2026 Glasgow, six of the 12 sports in which India won medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games...

23 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Marine Heat Waves and Twilight Zone

Source: IE Why in News?  Recently, in a study researchers investigated Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) and cold spells within the largely...

23 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Bishnoi, Blackbuck and Chinkara

Source: DTE Why in News?  Recently, bollywood actor Salman Khan faced backlash from the Bishnoi community for allegedly hunting blackbucks...

22 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Volcanic Eruption and Ionospheric Disturbances

Source: PIB  Why in News?  Recently, a new study revealed a connection between the Tonga volcano eruption and the formation of Equatorial...

22 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Plankton Inflation and Vertical Migration

Source: TH Why in News?  Recently, researchers studied vertical migration of Pyrocystis noctiluca, a specific bioluminescent phytoplankton...

21 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

International Abhidhamma Divas

Source: PIB  Why in News?  Recently, India’s Prime Minister addressed a ceremony in celebration of International Abhidhamma Divas...

21 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Funga Taxonomic Kingdom

Source: DTE  Why in News?  Recently, Chile and the United Kingdom have prepared a proposal named ‘pledge for fungal...

21 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

NBWL Approves Road Expansion in Ladakh

Source: BS  Why in News?  The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has approved five key road stretches in Ladakh...

19 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Nonylphenol Ethoxylates and Nonylphenol

Source: TOI Why in News?  A report titled "Nonylphenol — An Endocrine Disrupting Chemical" was released by Toxics Link, an environmental...

19 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Installation of X-Band Radar

Source: TH Why in News? Recently, the Ministry of Earth Sciences approved an X-band radar to be installed in Kerala’s Wayanad district after...

18 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Aurorae in Ladakh

Source: TH  Why in News?  Recently, auroras were sighted in lower-latitude regions (below 66.5 degrees north and south latitudes) like...

18 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Ossification Test

Source: IE  Why in News?  Recently, one of the individuals accused in the murder case of a political leader underwent an ossification...

17 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Nobel Prize for Economics 2024

Source: TH Why in News?  The Nobel Prize for Economics 2024 is awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson “for...

17 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Birth Anniversary of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Source: PIB  Why in News? Recently, President Droupadi Murmu honoured former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary. What...

16 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Offence of ‘Abetment of Suicide’

Source: TH  Why in News?  Recently, the Supreme Court has interpreted the crime of ‘abetment of suicide,’ detailing the...

16 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims

Mid-Air Booster Recovery

Source: LM Why in News? Recently, Elon Musk's SpaceX used a pair of giant robotic arms named Mechazilla to grab Starship's booster Super Heavy,...

16 Oct 2024 Important Facts For Prelims