Around 390 million years ago, a giant space rock may have slammed into what is now eastern Canada, leaving behind a massive scar that remained hidden for hundreds of millions of years. Surprisingly, t...
India has taken a major step in combating one of its fastest-growing mosquito-borne diseases. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved Qdenga, the country’s first den...
India has officially become a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) after depositing its Instrument of Acceptance on July 20, 2026. The move makes India th...
While the Apollo missions of the 1960s once captured Earth as a brilliant, swirling jewel, modern observations from space reveal a disturbing shift: the brightness with which that beauty burns is dimm...
A multistate cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora) outbreak has emerged as one of the biggest U.S. foodborne disease investigations of 2026. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and D...
For decades, northern China has battled one of the world’s most relentless environmental threats: desertification. Expanding deserts, frequent sandstorms, declining farmland, and water scarcity ...
India’s largest nuclear power project, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu, has come under the spotlight after a ransomware group allegedly leaked thousands of files linked to t...
In the 21st century, semiconductors have become the new oil, powering everything from smartphones and artificial intelligence (AI) to fighter jets and supercomputers. At the center of this technologic...
In the remote islands of St Kilda and Shetland, one of Britain’s smallest birds has evolved into an unexpected giant. A new study published in the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society rev...
1. TFR – Total Fertility Rate 2. RFR – Replacement Fertility Rate 3. CBR – Crude Birth Rate 4. CDR – Crude Death Rate 5. IMR – Infant Mortality Rate 6. MMR – Maternal Mortality Ratio 7. GRR – Gross Re...