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The area within a 3-km radius of the poultry training centre in Muthkur village has been declared an infected zone, while a 10-km radius has been notified as a surveillance zone. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The detection of H5N1 avian influenza virus at a poultry training centre in Mathkuru village in Hesaraghatta near Bengaluru has…
The discussion titled “Animal and Fish Breeders’ Rights: An Imperative in India’s Economy” brought together judges, scientists, legal experts, and policymakers who held discussions on the little known area of breeding rights. Photo: Special Arrangement Academicians and experts came together at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) in Kolkata to share concerns…
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addresses a press conference, in New Delhi, on April 17, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI India will not host the 33rd edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP), scheduled for 2028, the government confirmed on Friday (April 17, 2026). “We can confirm that India has withdrawn its offer…
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This NASA photo shows NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter achieving powered, controlled flight for the first time on another planet, hovering for several seconds before touching back down on April 19, 2021. The image was taken by the Navigation Camera, or Navcam, aboard the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover from a distance of 210 feet. | Photo…
A small display of Henry Walter Bates’ beetles. | Photo Credit: Natural History Museum: Coleoptera Section / Wikimedia Commons A domain of inquiry, natural history is the interdisciplinary research and study of organisms. When we say organisms, it includes the entire gamut of living beings, be it plants, animals, fungi, and even microorganisms. Natural history…
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The year 2025 witnessed the highest number of launches since the beginning of the space age. There were 328 launch attempts, out of which 315 launches were successful in placing 4,198 known operational satellites. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only More than 1.5 lakh alerts were issued for Indian satellites during 2025. According to…
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There is a growing movement now to view infertility now just as a purely medical issue, but also as an environmental one. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images We are all aware of the fact that the use of plastics causes harm to our environment, and dangerously so. But not…
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The rind is the greenish outer layer that we throw out when we cut the fruit for its red interior. | Photo Credit: reportperm/Unsplash The summer season is on and the fruit market is flush with the watermelon (‘turbuz’ in Hindi, ‘vathakkai’ in Tamil, ‘tormuj’ in Bengali, and Citrullus lanatus in botany), with its green-yellow…
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ISRO conducts the Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for Gaganyaan at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, on April 10 | Photo Credit: ANI The crew module, where the astronauts reside, orbits the earth at a high velocity of about 7,800 m/s. When the module returns to the earth and re-enters the atmosphere, it…
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