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Why in News? A new study assessed earthquake shaking hazard in Northeast India using Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA). Key Facts Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) was hig

Why in News? The Defence Ministry signed a ₹661.50 crore contract with BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. (BAPL) to procure BrahMos Fire Control Systems and launchers for Indian Na

Why in News? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched ‘Surya’ at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam, and laid the keel for the fifth ship of the series. Ke

Why in News?A 3-year-old tigress from Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, was released in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, on 2 October 2026. This is part of a phased programme to establ

Why in News?A cargo barge carrying 540 metric tonnes of methanol from Assam to Bangladesh was flagged off from Bogibeel River Terminal, Dibrugarh.Key FactsCargo: 540 MT methanolOri

Why in News?World Bank President Ajay Banga has warned of a major global employment challenge: around 1.2 billion young people in the Global South are expected to enter working age

Why in News? Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled optogenetics—a technique to contr

Why in News?The Next-Gen GST reforms aim to simplify the GST system, rationalise tax rates, and reduce the compliance burden on taxpayers. The rate changes took effect on 22 Septem