German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann won the International Booker Prize for fiction Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker Prize for fiction 2024
BIMSTEC acquires ‘legal personality’ after charter comes into force
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) will now be Read More …
H5N1: Australia confirms its first human case of bird flu
Australia has announced the first confirmed case of human bird flu (avian influenza A : Read More …
Shrinivas R Kulkarni will be awarded prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2024
Shrinivas R Kulkarni, an Indian-origin professor of astronomy from the US will be bestowed the Read More …
RBI approves Rs. 2.11 lakh crore dividend payout to govt for 2023-24
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on May 22 approved a Rs. 2.11 lakh crore Read More …
Meitei Sagol
The Manipur State Government has recently joined hands with various organisations and associations to save Read More …
Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024
India has climbed to the 39th position in the latest World Economic Forum’s “Travel & Read More …
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash
A one-day state mourning was observed across India on May 21 as a mark of Read More …
Water For Shared Prosperity Report 2024
The report titled “Water For Shared Prosperity” was released by the World Bank during the Read More …
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC)
An inter-ministerial Indian delegation on the framework agreement on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC) Read More …
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs)
In their latest ‘Dietary Guidelines for Indians (DGIs)’, the ICRM advised against the consumption of Read More …
Subcritical nuclear test
Recently, the United States conducted a subcritical nuclear test at Nevada. The experiment, the third Read More …
Over 50 lakh large farmland trees vanished in India between 2018 and 2022
According to a research paper, 56 lakh (5.6 million) large farmland trees vanished between 2018 Read More …
60.5% of the world’s coral reefs face another mass bleaching event
According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), nearly two-thirds of the world’s Read More …
Baul music
In May 2024, a Indo-Bangla Baul music festival was held in Dhaka to celebrate the Read More …
Critical tiger habitat mining
The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Rajasthan government to shutter 68 mines operating within Read More …
Finternet
Multiple financial ecosystems interconnected with each other is called Finternet, much like the internet.
Calcium carbide and Ethylene
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has alerted traders’/fruits handlers/Food Business Operators Read More …
Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)
Military-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning Read More …
Ahramat Branch
A recent study has unveiled why Egypt’s iconic pyramids are concentrated along a narrow desert Read More …
National Endangered Species Day 2024 Theme
Every year, National Endangered Species Day is observed on the third Friday of the month Read More …
Muria tribes’ deda seed preservation method
The internally displaced Muria tribal community of Godavari valley is still practising ‘deda’, a traditional Read More …
Animal kingdom’s tool-wielding club
Sea otters are the new members of the animal kingdom’s tool-wielding club. A recent study Read More …
Supreme Court’s Decision On Right to Property
The Supreme Court on May 16 held that compulsory acquisition of private property for a Read More …
A new study on origins of baobabs trees
A new study has uncovered the origins of baobabs trees which are famously spotted on Read More …