Japan’s Shinkansen remains a global benchmark in high-speed rail transport in 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently travelled on this iconic bullet train from Tokyo to Sendai, denoting...
The discovery of a new edible tuber species, Dioscorea balakrishnanii, in the Western Ghats region of Wayanad, Kerala, has opened fresh avenues in biodiversity and food security research....
Several Indian States faced unprecedented rainfall, floods, cloudbursts and landslides. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) responded swiftly by constituting Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) to evaluate the damage...
Recent research has extended the record of sea-level rise in the central Indian Ocean by nearly a century. Using coral microatolls, scientists have found that sea levels began...
Recent observations reveal that killer whales (Orcinus orca) have been sharing freshly caught prey with humans. Unlike typical wild animal behaviour, these dolphins wait for humans to respond...
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently ruled in favour of an 11-year-old prodigy seeking admission to Class 9. The court set aside age-based restrictions, emphasising that the Right...
Recent developments in the US legal system have challenged the extent of presidential authority over tariffs. On 29 August 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal...
The summer of 2025 witnessed an unusual marine event along several Spanish coastlines. Tiny blue dragons, a species of sea slug known scientifically as "Glaucus atlanticus", appeared in...
Recent heavy monsoon rains have caused the Ghaggar River to cross danger levels in Punjab’s Mohali and Patiala districts. Floodgates at Sukhna Lake were opened to manage water...
Obesity in India is emerging as a major public health challenge. Recent data projects that by 2050, over a third of India’s population will be overweight or obese....
