GS TIMES STAFF According to a latest study based on genetic analysis, Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
India has only one species of hoolock gibbon, says new study
Rupsi airport-Commercial operation
GS TIMES STAFF Rupsi airport in Assam, built for warplanes in 1939 for World War-II Read More …
Army inducts first batch of women in military police
GS TIMES STAFF The Indian Army inducted its first batch of 83 women soldiers as Read More …
2-deoxy-D-glucose: DRDO’S anti-COVID-19 drug
PIB An anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has been developed by Institute Read More …
European Investment Bank loan for Pune Metro
PIB The Government of India (GoI) and European Investment Bank (EIB) on May 7, 2021 Read More …
AYUSH-64 and Kabasura Kudineer
Ministry of Ayush has launched a massive nationwide campaign to distribute its proven poly herbal Read More …
N Rangasmy sworn is as Puducherry CM
N Rangasamy-the AINRC party chief, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Puducherry for Read More …
Oxitec releases genetically modified mosquitoes
GS TIMES STAFF The Oxitec technology-a Bill Gates-funded biotech firm, has released genetically modified mosquitoes Read More …
Panga ya Saidi cave: The earliest known human burial in Africa
GS TIMES STAFF The earliest known human burial in Africa has been found Kenya which Read More …
New WHO benchmarks for sodium content in food
The World Health Organization (WHO) on May 5, 2021 issued fresh guidelines for limiting sodium Read More …
Appointment of State’s Director General of Police (DGP)
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has returned the Maharashtra government’s slate of names for Read More …
Crocidura narcondamica: A new species of shrew
A new species of insectivorous mammal, a white-toothed shrew, has been discovered by the scientists from the Read More …
Indian Railways inducts 100th 12000 HP WAG 12 B Locomotive
GS TIMES STAFF The 100th 12000 HP WAG 12 B has been inducted in Indian Read More …
Starship SN15 launch and successful landing
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, was able to launch and successfully land the Starship SN15 rocket Read More …
CovAid portal to monitor foreign aid
The NITI Aayog has set up a dedicated portal – CovAid – for tracking all Read More …
US joins EU’s Military Mobility Initiative
The U.S., Canada and Norway have joined an European Union (EU) project aimed at quickening Read More …
What is mucormycosis?
According to reports published in the newspapers, doctors at Delhi-based Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) Read More …
Sankar Ghosh elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Sankar Ghosh-an Indian-origin award winning immunologist has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences Read More …
India begins exports of organic millets grown in Himalayas to Denmark
The first consignment of millets grown in Himalayas from snow-melt water of Ganges in Uttarakhand Read More …
IP Waiver for Covid-19 Vaccines
Why in the news? The United States of America has announced support for waiving intellectual property Read More …
Disinvestment of IDBI Bank Ltd.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affair has given its in-principle approval for strategic disinvestment along Read More …
Section 142 of the Social Security Code, 2020
Ministry of Labour & Employment has notified the Section 142 of the Social Security Code, Read More …
Spiritual Smart hill Town
Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) were signed on May 6, 2021 between the Oil and Gas Read More …
Mayflower 400: World’s first Unmanned Vessel
A team of researchers claimed that Mayflower 400 ship is the world’s first unmanned vessel to Read More …
Maratha quota verdict by the Supreme Court
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India on May 5, 2021 struck down Read More …