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Category: Current Affairs
Goa applies for a GI tag for Dodol
Tajikistan, with 95% Muslim population, bans hijab
Tajikistan, a country with 90% Muslim population, has moved to formally ban the wearing of Read More …
Kerala’s Kozhikode becomes India’s first UNESCO ‘City of Literature’
Kerala’s Kozhikode has been formally announced as India’s first UNESCO ‘City of Literature’ on June Read More …
Statistical Report on Value of Output from Agriculture and Allied Sectors 2024
The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released the Read More …
IUCN upgrades Iberian lynx’s status to ‘vulnerable’ from ‘endangered’
The IUCN conservation status of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) has improved from Endangered to Read More …
Sympatric speciation
According to a recent paper, Asiatic lions (Panthera leo leo) and Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris Read More …
World’s First Asian King Vulture Conservation & Breeding Centre
Uttar Pradesh is set to establish the world’s first conservation and breeding centre for Asian Read More …
Bihar dy CM named convenor of GST rate rationalisation panel
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has been appointed as the convenor of the Group Read More …
Hatta Gas Field in the Vindhyan Basin
Oil PSU ONGC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IOCL to establish a Read More …
Solar can provide 20% of world electricity on northern summer solstice-Ember report
According to a report by thinktank Ember, the world has enough solar power capacity to Read More …
World’s oldest termite mounds found in South Africa
Scientists have found the world’s oldest inhabited termite mounds along the Buffels River in South Read More …
A water-repellent catalyst to cut biodiesel cost
A team of scientists from Assam, Odisha, China, and the United Kingdom have developed a Read More …
Sangam – Digital Twin initiative
The first Networking Event of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)’s Sangam – Digital Twin initiative, Read More …
World Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Awareness Day 2024
On the occasion of World Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Awareness Day on 19th June, numerous Read More …
India, Sri Lanka launch Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
In June 2024, India and Sri Lanka launched a Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC). It Read More …
Union Home Ministry designates Kollam port as Immigration Check Post
The Union Home Minister has designated the Kollam port in Kerala as an authorised Immigration Read More …
National Additive Manufacturing Symposium (NAMS) 2024
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) inaugurated the first National Additive Manufacturing Symposium Read More …
United States Congress passes the Resolve Tibet Act
The United States Congress on June 12 passed the Promoting a Resolution to Tibet-China Dispute Read More …
Post Office Act, 2023 comes into effect
The Post Office Act, 2023 comes into effect on 18 June 2023. It has repealed Read More …
World Investment Report 2024
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released the “World Investment Report 2024”. Read More …
Bhartruhari Mahtab named as the pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker Read More …
Indiconema: A new genus of diatoms discovered in Eastern Ghats
Researchers from the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) in Pune have discovered a new genus of Read More …
India is planning to import avocado from Brazil
According to a recent report, India is planning to import avocado from Brazil, and the Read More …
Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2024-25
The Union Cabinet on 19 June 2024 approved an increase in the Minimum Support Price Read More …
India-U.S. initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET)
India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Shri Ajit Doval and the United States’ (US) National Security Read More …