Srinagar has become the fourth Indian city to be recognised as a ‘World Craft City’ Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
Srinagar earns World Craft City (WCC) tag from the World Crafts Council
Javelin missiles
India and the US held discussions on the co-production of American javelin missiles in India Read More …
National STOP Diarrhoea Campaign 2024
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the National STOP Diarrhoea Campaign 2024 on Read More …
Tobacco Free Educational Institution (ToFEI)
Union Ministry of Education has launched a nationwide campaign on Tobacco Free Educational Institutions (ToFEI)
India’s First Ever Pilot project for Underground Coal Gasification in Jharkhand
Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) has initiated a pilot project for Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) at Read More …
UNGA President paid tribute to Hansa Mehta
On the occasion of the International Day for Women in Diplomacy, United Nations General Assembly Read More …
Ladakh becomes first administrative unit to achieve full functional literacy under ULLAS
Ladakh has become the first administrative unit to achieve full functional literacy under the ULLAS-Nav Read More …
Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 comes into effect
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, which aims to prevent unfair means Read More …
Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveller Programme
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the ‘Fast Track Immigration Read More …
What is Methanol?
In June 2024, 58 people succumbed to toxic hooch in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi. The illicit Read More …
RLV LEX-03: ISRO successfully conducts 3rd and final landing experiment of ‘Pushpak’
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) completed the third Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing Experiment Read More …
Scientists discover a protein called “Balon”
Scientists have discovered a protein called Balon that allowed a bacterium, Psychrobacter urativorans, to abruptly Read More …
Goa applies for a GI tag for Dodol
Recently, the Goa government formally applied for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the Goan Read More …
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 …