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Iran–US Conflict and India’s Energy Security: Rising LPG Vulnerability Amid West Asian Crisis

Iran–US Conflict and India’s Energy Security: Rising LPG Vulnerability Amid West Asian Crisis

  • April 10, 2026
The ongoing Iran–US conflict has severely disrupted energy supply chains across West Asia, exposing India’s structural dependence on impor...
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Orangutans Can Teach Us About Food and Fitness

Orangutans Can Teach Us About Food and Fitness

  • April 03, 2026
Science Advances | 27 August 2025 Dietary Flexibility in Orangutans A study by Erin R. Vogel, published in Science Advances, highlights how oranguta...
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All Anthropoids Have a Drive to ‘People Watch’

All Anthropoids Have a Drive to ‘People Watch’

  • March 26, 2026
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (04 June 2025) | Animal Cognition (June 2025) Innate Social Curiosity in Primates Recent studies by Laura Lewis e...
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Smoke-Dried Bodies Could Be World’s Oldest Mummies

Smoke-Dried Bodies Could Be World’s Oldest Mummies

  • March 19, 2026
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 15 September 2025 Smoke-Dried Bodies Could Be World’s Oldest Mummies Evidence of Early Mummi...
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Early Humans and the Controlled Use of Fire: Evidence from 1 Million Years Ago

Early Humans and the Controlled Use of Fire: Evidence from 1 Million Years Ago

  • March 12, 2026
Frontiers in Nutrition | 16 May 2025 Early Evidence of Controlled Fire A recent study by Dr. Miki Ben-Dor and Professor Ran Barkai, published in Fro...
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Anuj Agnihotri UPSC AIR 1 (2025): Biography, Educational Background and Success Story

Anuj Agnihotri UPSC AIR 1 (2025): Biography, Educational Background and Success Story

  • March 06, 2026
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Final Result 2025, bringing immense excitement and inspir...
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Rajeshwari Suve M UPSC AIR 2 (2025): Biography, Education, Attempts, Optional Subject

Rajeshwari Suve M UPSC AIR 2 (2025): Biography, Education, Attempts, Optional Subject

  • March 06, 2026
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the Civil Services Examination Final Result 2025, and Rajeshwari Suve M secured All India Ran...
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8 thousand year old temple found in Saudi Arabia

8 thousand year old temple found in Saudi Arabia

  • October 23, 2025
ABP Live | 02 July 2025 Discovery of an Ancient City in the Al-Fao Region A remarkable archaeological discovery has been made in the southern region...
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Sacred Groves Recognised as “Deemed Forests”: A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling

Sacred Groves Recognised as “Deemed Forests”: A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling

  • September 30, 2025
Source: Scroll.in | January 8, 2025 In a historic step for environmental conservation, the Supreme Court of India has recognised sacred groves as &ld...
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UPSC Toppers List 2025 Released: IAS Topper Marks, Rank List and Result Details

UPSC Toppers List 2025 Released: IAS Topper Marks, Rank List and Result Details

  • March 06, 2026
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has officially declared the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Final Result 2025 and released the UPSC Topper...
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The 16th Finance Commission (2026–31): Rewriting India’s Fiscal Federalism

The 16th Finance Commission (2026–31): Rewriting India’s Fiscal Federalism

  • February 03, 2026
Why the Finance Commission Matters for UPSC The Finance Commission lies at the heart of India’s federal architecture. It determines how financi...
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Harappans’ contribution to ancient Indian knowledge — diluted or exaggerated

Harappans’ contribution to ancient Indian knowledge — diluted or exaggerated

  • September 04, 2025
Prof. Vasant Shinde, Cell, Oct 2019Source: The Print, Sept 14, 2024 Background of the Study In discussions of the Indic Knowledge System (IKS), the [...]
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Humans are evolving right in front of our eyes on the Tibetan Plateau

Humans are evolving right in front of our eyes on the Tibetan Plateau

  • September 03, 2025
Cynthia Beall et al., PNAS, Oct 2024 Background of the Study For over 10,000 years, human communities have thrived in the harsh high-altitude enviro[...]
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PARENTAL GENES INDIRECTLY INFLUENCE CHILD DEVELOPMENT

PARENTAL GENES INDIRECTLY INFLUENCE CHILD DEVELOPMENT

  • August 31, 2025
Parental Genes Indirectly Influence Child Development Jean-Baptiste Pingault, UCL, Feb 2025 Background of the Study A groundbreaking report titled [...]
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EARLY HUMANS THRIVED ON A PLANT-BASED DIET (780,000 YEARS AGO)

EARLY HUMANS THRIVED ON A PLANT-BASED DIET (780,000 YEARS AGO)

  • August 27, 2025
(Hadar Ahituv et al., PNAS, Jan 6, 2025) • Discovery of starch grains on ancient tools reveals the central role of plants—starchy tubers, [...]
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FOSSIL EVIDENCE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

FOSSIL EVIDENCE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

  • August 26, 2025
Source: Leonard N. M. Iasiasi et al., Science, December 13, 2024; Arev P. Sümer et al., Nature, December 12, 2024 Recent research published in S[...]
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CHIMPANZEES SHARE ALCOHOLIC FRUIT TO INCREASE SOCIAL BONDING

CHIMPANZEES SHARE ALCOHOLIC FRUIT TO INCREASE SOCIAL BONDING

  • August 24, 2025
Chimpanzees Share Alcoholic Fruit to Increase Social Bonding Source: Anna Bowland et al., Current Biology, April 21, 2025 Recent research conducted [...]
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