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Clear filtersScientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have confirmed the discovery of a new species of marine eel from the Bay of Bengal. The species has been given the scientific name Bathymyrus perplexus. The finding adds...
Researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) have identified a new species of Begonia, named Begonia rajvikramanii, at Rosemala in Kollam district, Kerala. The species ho...
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has reported a natural gas discovery in the Mahanadi Offshore Basin, located off the coast of Odisha. The find was made under the Samudra Manthan initiative and came from ONGC's ver...
A new species of flowering plant, Begonia neelamorum, has been found in Keyi Panyor district of Arunachal Pradesh. The species is named after the Neelam clan of the Nyishi community. Locally, the plant is known as "kobii...
A new frog species, Amolops ammachi, has been found in the Jampui Hills of Tripura. It belongs to the cascade frog genus Amolops. The species was named in honour of Padmini Varkey, known as 'Ammachi'. The discovery was m...
Scientists have identified a new flowering plant species, Osbeckia ulotricha, belonging to the Melastomataceae family, in the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve of the Western Ghats. The discovery adds to the recorded plant...
Scientists have described a new stingless honey bee species, Tetragonula nagalandensis, from the Medziphema region of Nagaland. It is named in honour of the state where it was first found. The discovery takes the number...
IIT Bombay hosted the National Conference on Quantum Biotechnology 2026 to promote the use of quantum technology in life sciences and healthcare. Sessions covered diagnostics, biomedical imaging, drug discovery, precisio...
Tamil Nadu will roll out the TN-ARIVU (Analytical Thinking, Reasoning, Innovation, Venture and Entrepreneurship, Upskilling) curriculum, covering Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies, from the 2027-28 academ...
World Mosquito Day, observed on 20 August, raises awareness of mosquito-borne diseases and their prevention. It marks Sir Ronald Ross's discovery in 1897 that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria parasites to hum...
Scientists have described a new freshwater crab species, Ghatiana karnataka, from the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka. It is the 15th species of the genus Ghatiana recorded from the Western Ghats and is one of...
IntroductionAccording to the landmark Annual Report released by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 16 August 2026, India retained its global number-one position in the total number of Initial Public Off...
