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Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS) becomes mandatory for MGNREGS workers
West Bengal government notifies “Poila Boisakh” as State Day and “Banglar Mati Banglar Jal” as State Song
The West Bengal government has issued a notification declaring Poila Boisakh, the first day of Read More …
Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating refers to a method to determine the age of an object using radiocarbon, Read More …
India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations under 1988 pact
India and Pakistan on 1 January 2024 exchanged lists of nuclear installations that cannot be Read More …
Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami warning
On 1st January 2024, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit Japan near the Noto Peninsula in Read More …
Defence Minister inaugurates first all-girls Sainik School at Vrindavan
Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School at Vrindavan in Mathura, Read More …
Tibetan Thangka paintings
‘Rahul Collection’ of manuscripts and paintings from Tibet by scholar Rahul Sankrityayan has become a Read More …
Exercise ‘DESERT CYCLONE’
The UAE Land Forces contingent comprising 45 personnel arrived in India to participate in the Read More …
RBI issues guidelines on bank classification of inoperative and unclaimed deposits
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1st January 2024 released comprehensive guidelines on the Read More …
ISRO’s third flight of POEM
During the PSLV-C58 X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission on January 1, 2024, the PSLV Orbital Read More …
Date Of Manufacturing, Unit Sale Price Now Mandatory On All Packaged Commodities
The Consumer Affairs Ministry has made it mandatory to print the ‘date of manufacturing’ and Read More …
Dinosaur fossil national park
A group of scientists recently discovered that residents of a tribal village in Madhya Pradesh’s Read More …
ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C58 XPoSat mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPOSAT) on January Read More …
Parliamentary Committee flags need for importing a wider ranges of crude oil grades
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum has flagged the need for importing a wider ranges Read More …
Govt. appoints Arvind Panagariya as Chairman of 16th Finance Commission
The Government of India has appointed former vice-chairman of NITI Aayog and Columbia University professor, Read More …
eSoil for hydroponic cultivation
Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University (Sweden) has developed the electrically Read More …
World’s largest lithium reserve discovered beneath Salton Sea
The U.S. Department of Energy has made its second major lithium discovery this year, both Read More …
Essequibo dispute
On December 15, Guyana and Venezuela agreed to resolve the Essequibo dispute without the use Read More …
Not mandatory for banks, NBFCs to raise green deposits-RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 29 December said it is not mandatory for Read More …
National Transit Pass System (NTPS)
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on 29 December launched the National Transit Pass System (NTPS) Read More …
Indian Navy unveils new Admirals’ epaulettes
The Indian Navy on December 29 unveiled the new design of epaulettes that senior officers Read More …
PREVALL: Tata Memorial Hospital Introduces First Oral Leukemia Drug for Children
Doctors from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, and the Advanced Centre for Training, Research and Education Read More …
91st Sivagiri pilgrimage
The 91st Sivagiri pilgrimage began in at Sivagiri, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) on December 30. Chief Minister Read More …
Argentina rejects invitation to join BRICS nations
Argentina’s new far-right populist President Javier Milei has formally announced that it won’t join the Read More …
OSIRIS-APEX Mission
NASA has recently launched a mission to intercept a near-Earth asteroid Apophis, or God of Read More …