Thursday · 12 November 2026

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Niraj Kumar wins 50m rifle 3P bronze in Doha and earns India's first rifle quota for LA 2028
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Niraj Kumar wins 50m rifle 3P bronze in Doha and earns India's first rifle quota for LA 2028

It is his first individual World Championship medal and takes India's tally in Doha to 10.

346.5 Niraj Kumar's score in the final
Tigers are raising cubs in Rajasthan's Kailadevi sanctuary for the first time in nearly 30 years: 8 cubs in 5 years
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Tigers are raising cubs in Rajasthan's Kailadevi sanctuary for the first time in nearly 30 years: 8 cubs in 5 years

A WWF-India and Rajasthan Forest Department study confirms tigers are breeding beyond Ranthambore.

8 tiger cubs recorded in 5 years
Indian Navy commandos free all 20 crew of a hijacked Iranian fishing boat off Somalia, with no injuries
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Indian Navy commandos free all 20 crew of a hijacked Iranian fishing boat off Somalia, with no injuries

INS Kolkata and Air Force-airlifted marine commandos ended the hijack more than 3,000 km from Mumbai.

20 crew freed safely
Ladakh grows saffron on restored barren land, harvesting 22 g in the first four days
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Ladakh grows saffron on restored barren land, harvesting 22 g in the first four days

Flowers bloomed in under 30 days in Leh, pointing to a new source of income in the cold desert.

22 g saffron in the first 4 days
Floods strand a 38-year-old chimp on an island, so his sanctuary delivers bananas by drone
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Floods strand a 38-year-old chimp on an island, so his sanctuary delivers bananas by drone

Staff at Florida's Save the Chimps made sure Kaleb didn't miss a meal until the water went down.

38 Kaleb's age
Researchers find 280 Ice Age engravings that tourists walked past for decades in a Catalan cave
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Researchers find 280 Ice Age engravings that tourists walked past for decades in a Catalan cave

The drawings include 55 animals; before this, only two such images were known in all of Catalonia.

280 engravings found
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A BARC scientist's Nisargruna plant turns a tonne of kitchen waste into about 150 kg of manure in 24–48 hours, now in Goa's Bicholim

The technology from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is set to spread to more Goa towns and villages.

150 kg manure from 1 tonne of waste
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Chennai startup EarthFokus has helped 130+ buildings save over 5 billion litres of water by catching hidden leaks

Born during Chennai's 2019 water crisis and incubated at IIT Madras, it uses smart meters and AI to spot waste.

5B+ litres of water saved
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A Gurugram Class 12 student built SkyQi, a free site that rates light pollution from a phone photo; people in 63 countries use it

Suhani Gupta's tool has collected nearly 1,200 night-sky photos from more than 490 people.

63 countries using SkyQi
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Two fishermen pull a cruise ship pianist from the Pacific after about nine hours treading water

The 37-year-old went overboard in the night; the fishing boat spotted him about 20 miles off California around noon.

9 hrs in the water before rescue

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