CURRENT AFFAIRS

De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DNTs)

Members of the Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC) have addressed a letter to the PM requesting permanent commission status, personnel, financial resources, and financial authority

Jungle Combat Training Center: Karreguta Hills, Bijapur (Chhattisgarh)

The government plans to establish a new Jungle Warfare School at Karreguta Hills in Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) — an area once dominated by Maoists — to train CRPF, DRG, CoBRA, and police forces from the state

Light Pollution Affecting Biodiversity

A recent worldwide study revealed that nighttime artificial lighting is notably changing bird behavior, leading numerous species to remain active for nearly an hour longer post-sunset

Offshore aquifers: beneath the Atlantic Ocean, initial worldwide mission to drill methodically

International scientists have found a vast aquifer beneath the Atlantic Ocean, marking the first worldwide mission to systematically drill under the sea for freshwater

Dongsha Islands Recent Updates

Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) recently confirmed it had sent ships to drive away a Chinese coast guard vessel and a Chinese fishing boat near Dongsha Island

Two Novel Species of Aspergillus section Nigri from the Western Ghats

Researchers from the MACS–Agharkar Research Institute (Pune) in India, affiliated with the Department of Science & Technology (DST), have identified two new Aspergillus section Nigri species from the Western Ghats

NASA Uncovers Possible Biosignatures on Mars: Sapphire Canyon & Cheyava Falls

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found the most compelling potential biosignatures so far on Mars, within a rock sample known as Cheyava Falls from the Sapphire Canyon area

Project for Great Nicobar Island

The Great Nicobar Island Project, a comprehensive development initiative of strategic and economic significance in the Indian Ocean Region, has been approved by the Government of India

Geotagging Structures in Census

The 2027 Census of India will use geotagging for all buildings for the first time in Houselisting Operations

Two New Species of Aspergillus section Nigri from the Western Ghats

Scientists from the MACS–Agharkar Research Institute (Pune), affiliated with the Department of Science & Technology (DST), have identified two new Aspergillus section Nigri species in the Western Ghats