A NEW SPECIES OF PARASITOID WASP DISCOVERD IN RAJARHAT, WEST BENGAL

* A NEW PARASITOID WASP SPECIES ( BOLTA) HAS DISCOVERD IN RAJARHAT, WEST BENGAL.

* SPECIES NAMED - TETRASTICHUS NARAYANDEBNATHI ( SCIENTIFIC NAME) 

* SPECIES DISCOVERD IN RAJARHAT WETLAND.

* A PARASITOID IS AN ORGANISM THAT SPENDS a SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT'S LIFE CYCLE ATTACHED TO OR INSIDE A SINGLE HOST ORGANISM ( SELF KILL & CONSUME ITSELF) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM KALYANI UNIVERSITY ALONG WITH CAIRO UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN THIS DISCOVERY.

* THIS SPECIES IS NAMED IN HONOUR TO AWARD WINNING CARTOONIST AND CREATOR OF BATUL AND NONTE - PHONTE NARAYAN DEBNATH.

* THIS IS THE THIRD SPECIES OF THIS GENUS IN WORLDWIDE 

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RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND PRESERVED 5 MILLIONS YEARS OLD PALM TREE FOSSILS IN WEST BENGAL

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A PRESERVED FOSSIL OF AN ANCIENT PALM TREE IN WEST BENGAL.

* ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS IT WAS 5000 YEARS OLD FOSSIL ( MIOCENE PILOCENE EPOCH) 

* SPECIES NAMED - PALMOXYLON MIOFLABELLIFER 

* RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, SONAPUR MAHAVIDYALAYA, AND SIDHO KANHO BIRSA UNIVERSITY 

* THIS SPECIES IS FOUND IN WEST BENGAL BASIN NEAR THE VILLAGE OF MULUK IN THE BIRBHUM DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL.

* THIS NEW SPECIES IS THE ANCIENT ANCESTORS OF THE MODERN PALMYRA PALM, 

* IT FEATURES TABULAR PARENCHYMA, SPECIALIZED STORGE CELLS, 

12 PRODUCTS OF WEST BENGAL GETS GI TAG

* MECHA SANDESH ( BELIATORE IN BANKURA) 

* SHANKHA SHILPA ( FROM HATOGRAM) 

* BENGAL SINGING BOWL ( BIKRAMPUR)

* BOATS & MANOHARA ( FROM BALAGARH, HOOGLY).

* TRADITIONAL CALCUTTA JEWELLERY 

* LAKSHYA FROM PURULIA 

* SILK FROM MURSHIDABAD 

* BRINJAL FROM ASHAPUR ( MALDA)

* WOODEN DOLLS ( PURBA BURDWAN)

* BATIK ( SHANTINIKETAN) ( WAX RESIST DYEING CRAFT) 

* EKTARA ( SHANTINIKETAN )

TWO NEW SPECIES OF HOVERFLIES FOUND IN WEST BENGAL

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE FOUND TWO NEW SPECIES OF HOVERFLIES IN GANGETIC PLANES IN WEST BENGAL.

* SPECIES NAMED AS - 

* ARISTALINAS SAPPHIREINUS 

* ARISTALINAS BRUNETTI 

A NEW SNAPPING TERMITE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN WEST BENGAL

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNAPPING TERMITE SPECIES IN WEST BENGAL FOREST. ( CHAPRAMARI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY) 

* SPECIES NAMED - 

PSEUDOCAPRITERMES NOVUS 

* A TEAM OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI), KOLKATA UNIVERSITY AND CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY COLLGE DISCOVERED 

* THIS SPECIES HAS 16S rRNA GENE 

* NOVUS  A LATIN WORD - ( MEANS NEW) 

* THIS IS THE 5TH TERMITE SPECIES IN INDIA 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 26TH MAY 2026

World Thyroid Day - 25th May

THEME 2026 - THYROID AND  NUTRITION 

1) Odisha Forest Department Set To Introduce Caravan Tourism At 7 Eco - Tourism Sites.

2) Toshifumi Suzuki, The Founder Of The Seven - Eleven Japan Passed Away.

3) Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh Has COMMISIONED A State Of Art Ring Gantry Based Linear Accelerator At Army Hospital, Delhi.

4) A Rare Sculpture Of Depict Celebrated Ganapatideba And Queen Somaladevi Has Been Discovered In Siddipet District ( Of Kakatiya Era) In Telengana 

5) India Created History At The International Association Of Ultra runners 24 Hour Asia And Oceania Championship In Japan ( 5 Medals) 

6) Assam Government Has Introduced The Uniform Civil Code Bill 2026 

7) Paris Host The 93rd General Session Of World Organisation For Animals Health 

* India Achieved Few 

* Foot And Mouth Disease ( FMD) Endorse Control Programme 

* Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( BSE) Negligible Risk Status 

* Contagious Bovine Pleuropne monia ( CBPP) Freedom Status 

* African Horse Sickness ( AHS) Historical Freedom 

8) Former Indian Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar Along With Mathew Hayden Has Launched The Midwicket Stories 

9) YOU CAN BECOME ZERO SE HERO Book Author - Rajiv K Poddar 

10) Former IAS OFFICER Elias George Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of The Board Of Director Federal Bank Limited 

11) Veteran Congress Leader And SOCIAL Cultural Activist Mangalam Gopinath Passed Away 

12) IIT MADRAS And MDL Have Launched An Advanced Circulating Water Tunnel Facility For Research In Hydrodynamic, Ship DESIGN, And Ocean Engineering 

13) Odisha's Educationalist, Linguist, And Folk Storyteller Dr Mahendra Kumar Mishra Has Received Prestigious PADMA Shri 

14) Puri, Odisha To Host The 2nd BRICS Technical Meeting On Disaster Risk Reduction 

15) ICMR Launched First Of Its Kind Innovator Industry Platform 

16) CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Launched The Tri Service Tele Directory Web Application.

17) Srilanka Has Introduced The Free Electronic Travel Authorization ( ETA) Scheme For Citizen Of 40 Countries, Including India 

18) The Election Commission in India (ECI) APPOINTS Senior IAS OFFICER Neelam Meena As The New Chief Electoral Officer Of West Bengal 

19) Ghalibaf Elected As Parliament Speaker Of Iran For 7th Time 

20) Government Notified The Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( Regulation Of Supply And Distribution ) Amendment Order 2026 

A NEW SPECIES OF GECKO FOUND IN DARJILING

* A BENT TOED GECKO SPECIES FOUND IN THE MIST LADEN MOUNTAIN OF DARJEELING 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZSI, FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY, ODISHA, AND HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE LEAGUE 

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS NEBULICOLA 

* NEBULA ( LATIN WORD ( MEANING - MIST OR CLOUD, And COLA MEANS DWELLER OR INHABITANTS 

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A NEW CRAB SPECIES DISCOVERD IN WEST BENGAL

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FRESH WATER CRAB SPECIES IN WEST BENGAL.

* SPECIES NAMED - INDOPOTAMON ALIPURDUARENSE 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 5TH MAY 2026

1) Kimi Antonelli Wins The Miami Grand Prix 2026 Title 

2) Shruthi Alhawat Wins The Women's Single Title At ITF W15 New Delhi 2026 

3) Inter Millan Wins The SERIE A Title 2026 

4) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Announced The Transfer Of Technology (ToT) Policy Has Been Revised 

5) Assamese Film Moi Eti Nixhasor Wins Double Honours At Houston World Fest 2026 

6) India Co- Chaired The 17th ASEAN Regional Forum Inter - Sessional Meeting On Maritime Security In Jakarta, From 28-29th April 2026 

7) Mr Deepak Raj Has Appointed As The Chairman Of IIT KANPUR.

8) India Ranked 157 In The World Press Freedom INDEX 2026 ( OUT OF 180 COUNTRIES) 

9) Hero Motocorp Appoints Sachin Agarwal As CTO 

10) Adobe Appoints Manoj Nagpal As Vice President 

11) Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra Has Retired After 39 Years Of Service ( Recently Served As Western Air Command Chief) 

12) Department Of Biotechnology Unveiled The Logo Of Bigyan Tech 2026 

13) Department Of Science And Technology Observes 56th Anniversary.

14) G Satyavathi Has Appointed As The Chief Information Commissioner Of Karnataka.

15) Odisha Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo Has Inaugurated a State of Art Power System Simulation Lab By Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited.

16) Pinarayi Vijayan Resigned As Chief Minister of Kerala.

SARASWATI SAMMAN 2025

* BENGALI AUTHOR RAM KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE 2025 SARASWATI SAMMAN 

* HIS NOVEL - HARA PARBATI KATHA 

A NEW SPECIES OF FISH SPECIES IN WEST BENGAL

* SCIENTISTS FROM WEST BENGAL HAS IDENTIFIED A NEW SPECIES OF ESTUARINE FISH IN RUPNARAYAN RIVER, WEST BENGAL 

* RESEARCHERS FROM TAMRALIPTA MAHAVIDYALAYA, AND VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY FOUND THIS FISH 

* SPECIES NAME - BUTIS BARGABHIMAE  ( BUTID FAMILY) 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - HINDU DEITY BARGABHIMA 

* THIS SPECIES HAS UNIQUE SCALES BETWEEN ITSE EYE ( KNOWN AS INTER ORBITAL SCALES) 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 16TH MARCH 2026

World Consumer Rights Day - 15th March 

THEME  2026 - Safe Products, Confident Consumers 

1) The Union Ministry Of Steel Announced N V S Prabhakar As New Chairman And Managing Director Of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam limited (RINL) 

2) Ms Kasturi Sengupta Taking Charge As The Secretary General, General Insurance Council.

3) Eminent Nephrologist Dr K V Johny Passed Away in Kochi.

4) Harika Dronavalli Bagged Bronze In Uzbekistan Women's Chess Championships 

5) Tamilnadu Government Has Appointed DGP B Bala Naga Devi As Head Of The State Intelligent Wing 

6) Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Launched The Tamilnadu AVGC - XR Policy 2026 

7) An MoU Signed Between Confederation Of Indian Industry ( CII) And BSNL Was Exchanged For Setting Up The Telecom Innovation Research And Training Centre ( TIRTC) 

8) Former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi Unveiled His Book - INDIA AND HER FUTURES ( Launched By Actor Kamal Hassan) 

9) Abdulla Aboobacker Clinched The Men's Triple Jump Title At The INDIAN Open Jumps Competition 2026 In Bengaluru 

10) External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Set To Visit Brussels 

11) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated The Pragiyotishpur Medical College And Hospital, In Guwahati 

12) India's Sea Food Exports Rs 62,408.45 Crores in 2024/25 ( Grows By 42.7%) 

13) K SINIAKOVA And Taylor Townsend Wins The Women's Double Title At Indian Well 2026 Title 

14) P V Sindhu Flagged Off The Patna Marathon 

15) Former Pakistan Captain Sarfaraz Ahmad Has Announced Retirement From International Cricket 

16) Gulveer Singh Wins Bronze In NYC Half Marathon in USA 

17) India Ends Their Campaign With 5 Medals, Including 1 Gold, 3 Silver And One Bronze In World Boxing Futures Cup 2026 

18) The Elections Commission in India Has Announced Upcoming Election In States And UTS 

19) Karan Singh Finishes As Runners Up At ITF M25 KOLKATA Men's Single 

BANGA BIBHUSHAN AWARDS 2026 ( WEST BENGAL)

 * West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee Has CONFERRED Rajya Sabha MP Anant Maharaj With BANGA BIBHUSHAN Award.

ZSI RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW MARINE WORM SPECIES

* RESERCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF WORMS ( POLYCHAETES) FROM WEST BENGAL.

* TWO NEW SPECIES ARE 

a) Nereididae ( Annelida Nereididae ) 

b) Second SPECIES NAMED AFTER Dhitri Banarjee ( ZSI Director) 

* This Species Helps In Coastal Health