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Polar stratospheric clouds or Nacreous clouds
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to Read More …
Paat-Mitro App
The Ministry of Textiles has launched “Paat-Mitro” – a mobile application, developed by The Jute Read More …
India has 10 black tigers, all in Similipal
According to the Government of India, there are a total of 10 “black tigers” in Read More …
Kempegowda International Airport T2 wins special prize at UNESCO’s 2023 Prix Versailles
Terminal 2 (T2) of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru has been recognised as one Read More …
Parliament passes Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023
The Lok Sabha on 21 December passed the the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Read More …
ISRO receives Leif Erikson Lunar Prize for Chandrayaan-3
ISRO has ben awarded the 2023 Leif Erikson Lunar Prize by the Exploration Museum in Read More …
Poonam Khetrapal Singh awarded Bhutan’s National Order of Merit Gold Medal
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director WHO South-East Asia, has been awarded Bhutan’s prestigious National Read More …
National Geoscience Data Repository (NGDR) Portal
Ministry of Mines has launched the National Geoscience Data Repository (NGDR) Portal. Key points
Elimination of child labour a distant goal, says Parliamentary Standing Committee
Recently, the 52nd report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles And Skill Development Read More …
Lok Sabha passes Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill 2023
The Lok Sabha on 19th December passed the Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill 2023, that Read More …
Operation Prosperity Guardian
The United States of America has announced the creation of a new multinational task force Read More …
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
NASA’s new satellite to hourly measure air pollution hourly has shown significant progress and now Read More …
International Monitoring Station (IMS) Day 2023
The celebration of International Monitoring Station (IMS) Day 2023 underscores the tireless efforts and unwavering Read More …
Gelephu Special Administration Region
Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on December 18 unveiled plans for a significant urban Read More …
Actinium-225
The war in Ukraine has snapped imports of Actinium-225-a key radioactive isotope used in advanced Read More …
Late Blight Disease
The experts from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) had cautioned farmers against the late blight disease Read More …
IMF reclassifies India’s exchange rate regime to ‘stabilized arrangement’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reclassified India’s “de facto” exchange rate regime to “stabilized Read More …
Blue dragons (Glaucus atlanticus)
Recently, blue dragons (Glaucus atlanticus) have been spotted on the beach and in waters near Read More …
Solid-fuel missiles
Recently, North Korea test-fired a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) powered by solid fuel. About Solid-fuel Read More …
Swarved Mahamandir
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18th December inaugurated the Swarved Mahamandir in Umaraha, Varanasi. Paying Read More …
National Industrial Corridor Development Programme
India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed an agreement for a $250 million Read More …
India’s maiden winter scientific Arctic expedition
On December 18, 2023, Minister for Earth Sciences Shri Kiren Rijiju flagged off India’s first Read More …
Gene drive technology
Abdoulaye Diabate-a scientist from Burkina Faso is working on a ‘gene drive technology’ that can Read More …
United Nations declared 2024 the International Year of Camelids (IYC 2024)
The United Nations has declared 2024 the International Year Of Camelids. The decision has been Read More …