India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has released a circular to airlines, as well Read More …
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Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) to study space weather
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the Atmospheric Waves Experiment Read More …
What is a special category status (SCS)?
On 22 November, the Bihar Cabinet passed a resolution seeking grant of Special Category Status Read More …
Ayurveda Gyan Naipunya Initiative (AGNI)
Central Council for Research in Ayurveda Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of Ayush has launched “Ayurveda Gyan Read More …
Nordic Baltic Eight (NB8)
Recently, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India’s engagement with the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) Read More …
UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh’s resolution on natural plant fibres
The United Nations (UN) has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution, ‘Natural Plant Fibres and Sustainable Read More …
UN tax convention
India along with 125 countries have voted in favour of a resolution calling for a Read More …
Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED)
On 21 November, media and ProMED reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern Read More …
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) introduces new green rating tools
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has introduced new green rating tools as part of its Read More …
China reportedly built world’s first ‘near-space command’
According to a news report, China has reportedly built the world’s first ‘near-space command’ equipped Read More …
SEBI launches Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman Madhabi Puri Buch launched the Investor Read More …
First live birth of a chimeric monkey
Researchers in China have reported the first live birth of a chimeric monkey with a Read More …
Noa-Dihing Music Frogs
Scientists have discovered a new species of ‘music frog’ in Arunachal Pradesh. The speciality of Read More …
Freemartins
In animal husbandry, cattle that are born exhibiting characteristics of both sexes are called freemartins. Read More …
A vaccine against chickenpox (varicella)
On November 14, the U.K. government announced that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation Read More …
Rare metal tantalum found in Sutlej
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar has found the Read More …
25-year rule for LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that the cryogenic upper stage of the Read More …
Houthis seized an India-bound ship in Red Sea
The Yemen rebel group of Houthis seized an Israel-linked ship bound for India on November Read More …
Picocystis Salinarum
A young researcher has divulged the secret of how one of the smallest green algae Read More …
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week
The World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week takes place from November 18-24 every year. Biosecurity protocol
Rapid Innovation and Startup Expansion (RISE)
Atal Innovation Mission (NITI Aayog) launched a new accelerator called Rapid Innovation and Startup Expansion Read More …
Global Fisheries Conference India 2023
On the occasion of World Fisheries Day (21st November), Government of India’s Dept. of Fisheries Read More …
‘Ghol’ declared state fish of Gujarat
The expensive Black spotted Crocker (commonly known as Ghol fish) was declared the state fish Read More …
Gambusia affinis and Gambusia holbrooki
Various government and non-governmental organisations in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Punjab have released mosquitofish into Read More …
WASP-107b
A team of European astronomers used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope Read More …