India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 7.3 per cent in FY 2020-21, as per the Read More …
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India’s GDP contracts 7.3% in FY20-21
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra will be new chairperson of the NHRC
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Kumar Mishra will be new chairperson of the National Read More …
Covid-19 variants first found in India to be called ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’
GS TIMES STAFF The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a set of names to label coronavirus Read More …
8th Global Nitrogen Conference focuses on sustainable development goals
India Science Wire For the first time, the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Read More …
GIS-based mapping of microbial diversity of river Ganga
India Science Wire Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Nagpur based constituent laboratory National Read More …
Monsoon onset over Kerala delayed
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on May 30 that the arrival of the southwest Read More …
New national helpline numbers
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on May 30, 2021 issued advisory to all private television Read More …
Hubble captures stunning new image of a distant spiral galaxy
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of a distant spiral galaxy Read More …
NASA’s Curiosity rover spots strange, colorful clouds on Mars
GS TIMES STAFF NASA’s Curiosity rover has spotted strange, colorful clouds on Mars. The image Read More …
HRMN-99-A new apple variety
A farmer from Himachal Pradesh has developed an innovative self-pollinating apple variety “HRMN-99” that does Read More …
Suryakiran completed 25 years of its raising
The Suryakiran-an aerobatic display team of the Indian Air Force (IAF), has just completed 25 Read More …
Punjab launches ‘UDAAN’ to provide free sanitary napkins
On the occasion of International Menstrual Hygiene Day, the Punjab government launched ‘UDAAN” scheme on Read More …
Britain to build a new flagship
GS TIMES STAFF British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that Britain will build a new Read More …
IBF to be renamed as IBDF
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the apex body of broadcasters, will be renamed Indian Broadcasting and Digital Read More …
New Map of Local Dark Matter
A team of astrophysicists has created a new dark-matter distribution map in the ‘local sheet’ Read More …
Centre announces family pension benefits to families of Covid-19 victims
Government of India has announced measures to help families who have lost the earning member Read More …
Kumbakonam’s Village Rice Export
Two consignments 4.5 MT of patented ‘village rice’ sourced from Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu Read More …
Nano Urea will enter the market on June 15
GS TIMES STAFF Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda has said Read More …
Indigo dye and optical limiters
Scientists have found that the natural indigo dye extracted from leaves of a plant of Read More …
Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel Sajag
National Security Advisor (NSA ) Ajit Doval on May 29, 2021 commissioned Indian Coast Guard Read More …
Syria’s White Monument may be the World’s oldest war memorial
As per a report published in the journal Antiquity, a burial mound in northern Syria may Read More …
Govt forms panel to examine GST exemption on Covid related goods
The Government of India on May 29, 2021 constituted an eight-member ministerial panel under the Read More …
Zhang Hong- first blind man in Asia to climb Mount Everest
Zhang Hong-the 46-year old Chinese has become the first blind man in Asia and the Read More …
Christine Elizabeth Wormuth- first female secretary of the US Army
Christine Elizabeth Wormuth was confirmed by the Senate on May 27 to be the first female Read More …
UAE grants Golden Visa to Sanjay Dutt
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was granted golden visa by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government. Read More …