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In a run-up to India Energy Week 2023 (IEW 2023) to be held in Bengaluru from 6-8 Feb 2023, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep S. Puri ceremonially inaugurated the demo-run of Inland Water Vessel powered by Methanol blended Diesel (MD15) on January 24. About Methanol
Election Commission of India (ECI) celebrated 13th National Voters’ Day on 25th January 2023. About National Voters’ Day
A two day international conference on the theme ‘Use of Technology & Elections Integrity’ was hosted by the Election Commission of India in New Delhi. Key points Key concerns raised India’s initiatives
A rare green comet passing through our solar system for the first time in 50,000 years, is estimated to come closest to Earth around February 2. Key points What are Comets?
The report, called Countdown to 2023 WHO Report on global trans fat elimination 2022, is an annual status report published by WHO in collaboration with Resolve to Save Lives, to track progress towards the goal of trans fat elimination in 2023. Key highlights About trans-fat REPLACE Action package The six areas of action include:
For the year 2023, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and Lunglei Fire Station (LFS), Mizoram, both in the Institutional category, have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2023 for their excellent work in Disaster Management.
Indian Navy’s 5th stealth Scorpene class Submarine INS Vagir was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 23 Jan 2023 at the Naval Dockyard Mumbai. Key points
SEBI has launched an information database on municipal bonds. As part of its efforts to develop the bond markets, an outreach programme on municipal bonds and municipal finance was organised by SEBI in the national capital on January 20 and 21. Key points About Municipal Corporation Bonds
President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu conferred the “Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar” instituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India on 11 exceptional children ON 23rd January 2023.
Union Sports Ministry on 23rd January announced that six-time World champion and Olympic medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom will head a government-appointed five-member Oversight Committee to investigate the charges levelled by some prominent wrestlers against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
On 20 January, Switzerland became the first WTO member to formally submit its acceptance of the WTO’s new Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, paving the way for the agreement for ocean sustainability to enter into force. About WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies India’s stance
Immune imprinting is the tendency for someone’s initial exposure to a virus to bias their immune response when they meet the same virus again. New studies About Immune Imprinting (Source: Nature)
UNESCO has decided to dedicate the International Day of Education on the 24th of January, 2023 to Afghan girls and women.
Forest dwellers living in the Seshachalam forest or Madhumalai or Nagarjunasagar Srisailam or Tiger Reserve(NSTR) in South India sometimes hear clairvoyance sounds like a human scream. This is not a ghostly act.
The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Union Minister for Science & Technology jointly inaugurated India International Science Festival, IISF-2022 in Bhopal on January 21.