The Government of India has eased the rules for various small savings schemes, including the Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
Govt relaxes norms for Public Provident Fund, Senior Citizen’s Savings Scheme, and Time Deposit Scheme
Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD)
The Court of Chief Commissioner of Persons with Disabilities delivered two landmark judgments that are Read More …
Pump Storage Projects (PSP) in de-coaled coal mines
Ministry of Coal is planning to develop Pump Storage Projects (PSP) in de-coaled coal mines, Read More …
Ixchiq: USFDA approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus
The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has approved the world’s first vaccine for chikungunya, Read More …
APEDA facilitates export of first trial shipment of banana to The Netherlands
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), operating under the Ministry of Read More …
Egg-laying mammal echidna finally rediscovered after 60 years
A rare species of an ancient egg-laying mammal echidna named after broadcaster David Attenborough has Read More …
EU Nature restoration law
Negotiators from the European Parliament and European Council on 9th November reached a provisional political Read More …
Geoglyph discovered in Telangana
A geoglyph in the form of a circle, said to be 3,000 years old (dating Read More …
INDUS-X investors meet 2023
Ahead of the 2+2 India-U.S. ministerial dialogue, the maiden INDUS-X investors meet was organised on Read More …
IMF Executive Board approves 50% quota increase
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a proposal to increase Read More …
Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), 2017
Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA), in its World Energy Outlook 2023, report has highlighted that Read More …
SC guidelines on speedy disposal of cases against lawmakers
The Supreme Court (SC) issued guidelines on November 9 to monitor the speedy disposal of Read More …
Order on firecrackers applies to all states: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court clarified on 7th November that its orders to minimise air and noise Read More …
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
NATO on 7th November announced the formal suspension of “Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Read More …
India sIndia successfully test-fires ‘Pralay’ missile
India on November 7 successfully test-fired its surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) ‘Pralay’ from the Read More …
Observatories in Ladakh spotted an intense red aurora
Recently, the Hanle and Merak observatories in Ladakh spotted a phenomenon uncommon in India — Read More …
World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report 2023
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) annual World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report Read More …
UGC (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on 8th November notified the UGC (Setting up and Operation Read More …
What are Green crackers?
Green crackers are so named because they do not contain harmful chemicals that would cause Read More …
Deepfakes and regulation
Government of India has issued an advisory to social media intermediaries to identify misinformation and Read More …
LEAP AHEAD initiative
The Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the LEAP AHEAD initiative. Read More …
Krishi 24/7
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) in collaboration with Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI) Read More …
Center of Excellence (CoE) named ATMAN
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) established a Center of Excellence (CoE) named ATMAN Read More …
Jal Diwali: Women for Water, Water for Women Campaign
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has unveiled an initiative “Women for Water, Read More …
Heeralal Samariya: India’s first Dalit Chief Information Commissioner
Heeralal Samariya on November 6, became India’s first Dalit Chief Information Commissioner. He was administered Read More …