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Category: Current Affairs
Founder effect
India’s first ever Lighthouse Festival
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated India’s First Lighthouse Read More …
Indian government bonds in the JPMorgan EM debt index
JP Morgan Chase and Company (JPM) has confirmed that it will add Indian government bonds Read More …
Pterygotrigla intermedica
The scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of Read More …
Argyle pink diamonds formation
According to a new research published in Nature Communications, researchers have found the “missing ingredient” Read More …
India to host 17th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement
India has won the bid to host the prestigious International Congress on the Chemistry of Read More …
AI Chatbot launched for PM-KISAN Scheme
Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare launched AI Chatbot for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Read More …
Shore Temple: India’s first-ever green energy archaeological site
The Shore Temple in Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu) has become India’s first-ever green energy archaeological site. Read More …
RBI introduces Basel-III capital framework for All India Financial Institutions (AIFIs)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced norms on the Basel III capital framework, Read More …
Fourth ‘Nadi Utsav’
The fourth ‘Nadi Utsav’ was organized by the National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) of Read More …
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve has become the seventh tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh. Key points
RBI raised caution against a return to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS)
A study by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised caution against a return Read More …
Supreme Court to review 1998 ruling granting immunity to legislators accused of taking bribes
The Supreme Court on September 20 referred to a seven-judge bench the question of whether Read More …
Mandhata island
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister unveiled the 108-foot-tall ‘Statue of Oneness’ of Adi Shankaracharya at Read More …
Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries
According to a recent report, six of nine planetary boundaries—climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, synthetic Read More …
Asian premium
Saudi Arabia, the world’s second largest oil producer, has slashed the Asian premium charged on Read More …
Moving Memory app
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Centre for Memory Studies has launched a ‘Moving Read More …
Agumbe Rain Forest
Agumbe in Shivamogga district receives an average rainfall of about 8000 mm and thus called Read More …
Batillipes kalami: A new species of marine tardigrade
Researchers at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) have identified a new species Read More …
Dr Swati Nayak wins 2023 Norman E. Borlaug Award for field research and application
Odia scientist Dr Swati Nayak has been named the recipient of the 2023 Norman E. Read More …
Statue of Oneness
In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled the 108 feet high ‘Statue of Read More …
Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023
Parliament passed the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, 2023 which seeks to reserve one-third of the Read More …
Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has launched the Joint Call to Action for Forests Read More …
Five Eyes intelligence alliance
After accusing “Indian agents” of involvement in the killing of Canada based Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Read More …
What is a Medicane?
The Libyan floods were caused by a rare medicane, Daniel, which also precipitated floods in Read More …