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Category: Current Affairs
Parliamentary Committee flags need for importing a wider ranges of crude oil grades
Govt. appoints Arvind Panagariya as Chairman of 16th Finance Commission
The Government of India has appointed former vice-chairman of NITI Aayog and Columbia University professor, Read More …
eSoil for hydroponic cultivation
Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University (Sweden) has developed the electrically Read More …
World’s largest lithium reserve discovered beneath Salton Sea
The U.S. Department of Energy has made its second major lithium discovery this year, both Read More …
Essequibo dispute
On December 15, Guyana and Venezuela agreed to resolve the Essequibo dispute without the use Read More …
Not mandatory for banks, NBFCs to raise green deposits-RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 29 December said it is not mandatory for Read More …
National Transit Pass System (NTPS)
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on 29 December launched the National Transit Pass System (NTPS) Read More …
Indian Navy unveils new Admirals’ epaulettes
The Indian Navy on December 29 unveiled the new design of epaulettes that senior officers Read More …
PREVALL: Tata Memorial Hospital Introduces First Oral Leukemia Drug for Children
Doctors from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, and the Advanced Centre for Training, Research and Education Read More …
91st Sivagiri pilgrimage
The 91st Sivagiri pilgrimage began in at Sivagiri, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) on December 30. Chief Minister Read More …
Argentina rejects invitation to join BRICS nations
Argentina’s new far-right populist President Javier Milei has formally announced that it won’t join the Read More …
OSIRIS-APEX Mission
NASA has recently launched a mission to intercept a near-Earth asteroid Apophis, or God of Read More …
RBI issued 2023 list of Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued 2023 list of Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) Read More …
Formaldehyde
A new low-cost sensor made of metal oxide nanoparticles–reduced graphene oxide composite can detect formalin Read More …
Tribunals cannot direct govt to frame policies: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has clarified that tribunals functioning under the strict parameters of their governing Read More …
Nematocysts
Nematocysts are specialized cells found in some animals, but especially jellyfish, corals, sea anemones, and Read More …
Namdapha Flying Squirrel
The Namdapha Flying Squirrel, missing for four decades, has resurfaced in Arunachal Pradesh. It was Read More …
RBI permits lending and borrowing of G-Secs
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 27th December implemented the Government Securities Lending Directions, Read More …
T+0 Settlement
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) proposed to introduce an optional T+0 Read More …
Huntington’s disease
A new study, recently published in the in Scientific Reports, throws light on progresses of Read More …
INS Imphal commissioned into the Indian Navy
A Project 15B stealth guided missile destroyer INS Imphal was commissioned into the Indian Navy Read More …
Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2023-24
Uttar Pradesh emerged as the largest recipient of the ₹1.3 trillion special assistance to states Read More …
Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)
According to a recent report, listed Indian companies could be allowed to launch qualified institutional Read More …
Amnya: world’s oldest known fort
An international team of archaeologists has found the world’s oldest known fort which dates back Read More …
Andriamamelo Cave
A prehistoric rock art drawings have been discovered in the Andriamamelo Cave in western Madagascar.