Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners 2025: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials with tiny pores that can store gases, capture carbon dioxide, and speed up chemical reactions. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to: Susumu Kitagawa(Japan) : […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 8th October 2025
Today’s Current Affairs:8th October 2025 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Karnak Temple
Karnak Temple: A sweeping new geoarchaeological study has revealed how Egypt’s famed Karnak Temple complex rose from an island amid Nile floods to become one of the ancient world’s most enduring sacred centers. The Karnak Temple, or rather the complex of temples of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt, is one of the most impressive of Ancient […]
Black Sea : In News
Black Sea : In News Russia recently reported destroying 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, mostly over its southwest and the Black Sea, with one targeting Moscow. Movement of water between the lower and upper layers of the Sea is rare. This creates considerable temperature and nutrient differences between these layers, with the lower layers being absolutely […]
Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary
Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary: 12-year-old male tiger was brutally hunted, dismembered, and buried at Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary recently, four months after a previous poisoning incident. Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary is located at the intersection of the Western and the Eastern Ghats and falls in the Chamarajanagara District of Karnataka. It was declared […]
Viridans streptococci
Viridans streptococci: The new study, by a research team at Tampere University in Finland, examined coronary arteries from 121 sudden-death autopsies and found Viridans streptococci were the most frequent species, present in about 42% of both autopsy and surgical cases. Viridans streptococci is a group of common oral bacteria. It can form sticky bacterial layers […]
New START Treaty : In News
New START Treaty: In News US President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s idea of the New START Treaty was a good one. It is known as The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). It is the last remaining nuclear arms deal between Russia and the United States of America, and it […]
Jal Jeevan Mission : In News
Jal Jeevan Mission: In News The Union Government plans to map all drinking water assets including pipelines created under its Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) on PM Gati Shakti, a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based platform. Jal Jeevan Mission was launched on August 15, 2019. JJM is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual […]
Mig La Pass
Mig La Pass: Project Himank of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed the world’s highest motorable road at Mig La Pass, 19,400 feet above sea level in Ladakh. Mig La Pass is located on the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh. World Record Altitude: At 19,400 ft, Mig La Pass is the highest motorable road in […]
MY Bharat-National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards
MY Bharat-National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards: The President of India presented the MY Bharat-National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for the year 2022-23 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was instituted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in 1993-94. Objective is to honour and celebrate the outstanding contributions of youth in the fields of social service, […]
