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VIRAASAT Exhibition
What is Dysbiosis?
Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance of microbial species and a reduction in microbial diversity within Read More …
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024
IIT Madras has been ranked top in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 for Read More …
Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services” (PCAPS) project
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has launched “Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services” (PCAPS) Read More …
Netra Jumbo-1 and Netra Ganga
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released 109 high yielding, climate resilient and biofortified varieties of Read More …
Silicosis
According to a new research study published in British Medical Journal Thorax, new limits to Read More …
Japan’s first advisory on a possible “megaquake” concerning Nankai Trough
After a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan on August 8, the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA) Read More …
Indian expedition team unfurls the largest national flag atop Uhuru Summit of Kilimanjaro
The Divyangjan expedition team of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), under the aegis of Ministry of Read More …
Kole roga
The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod, has issued an advisory to farmers to Read More …
Model Solar Village
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on 9th August 2024 notified scheme guidelines Read More …
All about St Martin’s island
A letter, allegedly issued by former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reportedly attributed her ouster Read More …
Exposure to microgravity and astronauts
The US space agency NASA said that astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore might have Read More …
Ground-level ozone (O3)
According to a recent report, Delhi-NCR topped a list of 10 cities across the country Read More …
Juangs of Odisha getw habitat rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006
The Juangs of Jajpur have become the fifth Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in the Read More …
Clean Plant Programme (CPP)
The Union Cabinet on 9 August approved the Clean Plant Programme (CPP) under Mission for Read More …
President Murmu accorded the Grand Collar of Order of Timor Leste
President Droupadi Murmu was accorded the Grand Collar of Order of Timor Leste, the highest Read More …
Exercise Udara Shakti 2024
The Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent participated in Exercise Udara Shakti 2024 in Malaysia’s Kuantan. Read More …
Union Cabinet approves extended Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana
The Union Cabinet has approved an extension of the Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana, a key Read More …
Annapurti: India’s first 24/7 ‘Grain ATM’ launched in Bhubaneshwar
World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Odisha launched India’s first around the clock Read More …
Three Indian Ocean structures named Ashoka, Chandragupt and Kalpataru
Three underwater geographical structures located in the Indian Ocean have been awarded names proposed by Read More …
Tribo-Electric Nanogenerator (TENG) based shoe sole
IIT-Indore has delivered ten pairs of Tribo-Electric Nanogenerator (TENG) based shoe sole energy harvesting units Read More …
Scientists obtain deepest rock sample from Earth’s mantle
Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution have dug the deepest hole ever in Read More …
India’s men’s hockey team medals at Olympics
India’s men’s hockey team won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 after a Read More …
HaatiApp
Aaranyak has unveiled two innovative tools: the ‘HaatiApp’ and a handbook on solar-powered fences to Read More …
Centre referred Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to a Joint Parliamentary Committee
The Central Government on 8 August referred the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to a Joint Read More …