Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18th December inaugurated the Swarved Mahamandir in Umaraha, Varanasi. Paying Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
Swarved Mahamandir
National Industrial Corridor Development Programme
India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed an agreement for a $250 million Read More …
India’s maiden winter scientific Arctic expedition
On December 18, 2023, Minister for Earth Sciences Shri Kiren Rijiju flagged off India’s first Read More …
Gene drive technology
Abdoulaye Diabate-a scientist from Burkina Faso is working on a ‘gene drive technology’ that can Read More …
United Nations declared 2024 the International Year of Camelids (IYC 2024)
The United Nations has declared 2024 the International Year Of Camelids. The decision has been Read More …
WHO officially recognizes noma as a neglected tropical disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the inclusion of noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) Read More …
Bhashin AI Tool Used For Real-time Translation of PM Modi’s Speech Into Tamil
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a real-time artificial intelligence-based tool – ‘Bhashini’ – during his Read More …
Akash missile system destroys 4 targets simultaneously during Exercise Astrashakti 2023
India has recently demonstrated the firepower of its Akash surface-to-air (SAM) weapon system, where a Read More …
Rising aerosol levels and glacier melting in the Himalayas
According to the Government of India, the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas is increasingly Read More …
Dark fibre
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) quashed an order passed by the market regulator Securities and Read More …
Plea Bargaining
The Government of India has added Section 436-A to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), Read More …
Fast Track Courts and Plea bargaining
Setting up of Fast Track Courts (FTCs) and its functioning lies within the domain of Read More …
Barracuda: India’s fastest solar-electric boat
India’s fastest solar-electric boat Barracuda was launched on 13th December at the yard of Navalt Read More …
Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB)
Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) launched a programme in Saint Lucia on 14th December, 2023.
DRDO successfully tests high-speed flying-wing UAV
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a flight trial of Autonomous Read More …
First yak domesticated 2,500 years ago in Bangga
The oldest record ever of a yak being domesticated by humans has been found in Read More …
Platinum-group elements (PGE)
Between the financial years 2022 (FY22) and FY23, there has been a jump of 34 Read More …
ENACT Partnership
Recently, six new countries and a United Nations agency joined the ENACT Partnership. This is Read More …
Channapatna Toys
Toys made in Channapatna near Bengaluru have now become part of children’s academic activities in Read More …
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2023
The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2023 has been jointly awarded Read More …
ProBono Legal Services programme
Under ProBono Legal Services programme, 10629 advocates have directly registered across 24 State Bar Councils, Read More …
Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
Representatives from 28 countries and the European Union adopted the ‘New Delhi Declaration’ of the Read More …
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
India’s Ms. Uma Sekhar secured a remarkable victory by garnering 45 out of 59 votes Read More …
Nutraceutical ‘AKTOCYTE’
Scientists from Department of Atomic Energy and IDRS Labs Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru have joined hands Read More …
Royal Society of Chemistry’s Nyholm Prize for Education 2023
Professor Savita Ladage from Mumbai’s Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Read More …