The World Bank has released its flagship World Development Report 2024 on 1 August 2024. Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
World Development Report 2024
Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair becomes first woman DG Medical Services (Army)
Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair, on August 01, 2024, assumed the office of Director General Read More …
Fully Accessible Route (FAR)
The Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have excluded long-term government Read More …
New notification for GSTAT with provisions for ‘circuit’ and ‘sitting’
The Union Finance Ministry has issued a fresh notification regarding constitution of the Principal and Read More …
States have right to sub-classify SC/ST for quotas: Supreme Court
A seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on August 1 reframed how the Scheduled Read More …
Vampire star in M67 cluster
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have made the discovery that a vampire Read More …
India, Vietnam sign MoU to develop National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) in Lothal
India and Vietnam are joining forces to develop the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) in Read More …
Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis)
India recently increased the quota for Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) exports through the Convention of International Read More …
India is the 2nd Largest Aluminium Producer in the World
As per provisional data, in the non-ferrous metal sector, primary aluminium production in FY 2024-25 Read More …
Exercise Tarang Shakti 2024
India will host its first multinational air exercise, ‘Tarang Shakti 2024’, in two phases. The Read More …
Mine water uses
Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri G Kishan Reddy, has released comprehensive guidelines for the Read More …
Nano-MIND Technology
Researchers from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have developed a method Read More …
India@100: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Economic Powerhouse
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal launched the book titled ‘India@100: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Read More …
Women Entrepreneurship Program
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) unveiled the Women Entrepreneurship Program on 31 July 2024. Read More …
Announcement of opportunity’ (AO)
The Indian space regulating agency, IN-SPACe, has issued an ‘Announcement of opportunity’ (AO) inviting non-government Read More …
USA overtook UAE as India’s second largest LNG supplier in 2023
The US displaced the UAE to emerge as India’s second largest supplier of liquefied natural Read More …
RBI’s master direction on wilful and large defaulters.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 30 July 2024 issued a master direction to Read More …
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
The European Union (EU) has suggested that India should introduce its own carbon tax amid Read More …
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran
Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Hamas, was killed at his residence in Tehran. He Read More …
Scientists report trees absorb methane as well
According to a recent study, tree bark in the world’s forests absorbs the greenhouse gas Read More …
India and IPEF partners launch new supply chain bodies
India and 13 other Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) partners have launched three new supply chain Read More …
National Apprenticeship and Training Scheme 2.0 Portal
Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today in New Delhi launched the National Apprenticeship Read More …
First Approach to Criticality
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has officially granted permission for the “First Approach to Read More …
Polisario Front and Western Sahara
France has backed Morocco’s controversial autonomy plan for the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award 2024
Philippines community leader Nida Collado has been honoured with the prestigious Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Read More …