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- Colyttus bilineatus, a rare jumping spider belonging to the family Salticidae, was recorded for the first time in India in Assam.
- Aditya Pandya, 17 years, became India’s youngest male analogue astronaut after completing a lunar-habitat simulation mission at Dholavira in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat.
- Moltbook is an AI-only social networking platform created by Matt Schlicht, CEO of OctaneAI, designed for artificial intelligence (AI) agents to post, comment, and interact without human prompts or moderation.
- Kerala launched NeophyteID, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mobile application to detect invasive plant species.
- Indian archer Smaran Sarvesh won the gold medal in the Recurve Under-18 Men’s category at the NIMES Archery Tournament 2026 held in France.
- Thanya Nathan C. became the first visually challenged woman in Kerala to top the Judicial Service disability merit list for Civil Judge Junior Division recruitment.
- Her achievement follows a 2025 Supreme Court judgment allowing visually impaired candidates to be eligible for judicial service.
- The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is developing an indigenous vaccine for Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD).
- KFD is a tick-borne viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the KFD flavivirus, and spreads through tick bites or contact with infected animals.
- The Winter Olympics 2026/ Milano Cortina 2026 will be held in February 2026 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
- Indian squash player Anahat Singh entered the world top 20 rankings after winning her first Professional Squash Association PSA Bronze title at the Squash on Fire Open 2026 in Washington, USA.
- Researchers discovered a new orchid species named Diplozentrum papillosum in the Idukki district of Kerala, belonging to the Diplozentrum genus endemic to the southern Western Ghats.
- Researchers from India – Australia have developed a flexible and economical biosensor capable of rapidly detecting myoglobin, a critical cardiac biomarker linked to the early stages of a heart attack.
- Myoglobin is an early biomarker released after cardiac muscle injury.
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