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Zero Shadow Day
What is Simla Agreement?
Pakistan has suspended the 1972 Simla Agreement after India’s reaction to the Pahalgam terror attack Read More …
Similipal designated Odisha’s second national park
The Odisha government on April 24 notified the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) as a national Read More …
Around 84% of the world’s coral reef areas had been affected by mass bleaching
On April 23, the International Coral Reef Initiative reported that about 84% of the world’s Read More …
Himalayan Musk Deer (Moschus leucogasterr)
According to a recent report, no breeding programme has been started in Indian zoos for Read More …
Chlorpyrifos
The 17th Basel Convention COP (BC COP-17), 12th Rotterdam Convention COP (RC COP-12), and 12th Read More …
Exercise Aakraman
Indian Air Force(IAF) conducted a drill for complex ground attack missions for operations in different Read More …
What is SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES)?
In response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives, the Government Read More …
New optical sensing platform for detecting cholesterol
A multidisciplinary team at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, Read More …
China tests non-nuclear hydrogen bomb
China has successfully tested a new hydrogen-based explosive developed by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation Read More …
Crimean Peninsula
The Crimean Peninsula, seized by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, remains at the heart of Read More …
National Zero Measles-Rubella (MR) Elimination Campaign 2025–26
Marking the start of World Immunization Week (April 24–30, 2025), Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Read More …
Indus Waters Treaty (IWT)
On April 23, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) announced extraordinary retaliatory measures against Pakistan Read More …
Yellow Sea
Why in the News Location Why Is It Disputed? Strategic & Environmental Significance
India Imposes 12% Safeguard Duty on Select Steel Imports to Protect Domestic Industry
In a move aimed at shielding the domestic steel industry from a surge in cheap Read More …
The Holy See
His Holiness Pope Francis, Supreme Pontiff of the Holy See, passed away peacefully at the Read More …
Nepal’s National Yak Day
Nepal has made history as the first yak range country – or country in which Read More …
2025 Laureus World Sports Awards
Former tennis player Rafael Nadal and Paris 2024 Olympic champions Armand Duplantis, Simone Biles, and Read More …
India’s first Quantum Computing Village
Taking a significant step forward in realising its vision of building India’s first Quantum Computing Read More …
Article 145(3)
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar recently raised certain issues with respect to the transparency in the judiciary, Read More …
Supreme Court asks NEERI to examine impact of glass industrial units on Taj Mahal
The Supreme Court has directed the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to study and Read More …
Liquidity Coverage Ratio
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 21 April released the final rules on computation Read More …
India’s largest cruise terminal
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off cruise operations from the Read More …
Columbium material
In a significant stride towards self-reliance, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully developed Read More …
Green cryptocurrencies
Bhutan is exploring ways to mine and leverage green cryptocurrencies using hydropower to boost its Read More …