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UNESCO and Government of Sikkim partner to document the engineering practices of Ru-Soam
Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED)
Why in the News?The Ministry of Finance has reduced export duties on diesel and aviation Read More …
Escobar Hippos
Why in the News?Colombia is considering culling around 80 invasive “cocaine hippos” descended from animals Read More …
Komagata Maru Incident
Why in the News? Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh recently referred to the Komagata Maru Incident Read More …
Look-Out Circular (LOC) & The Right To Travel Abroad
Why in the News? The Supreme Court of India has suspended a Look-Out Circular (LOC) Read More …
India’s first Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) barrier-less tolling system
Why in the News? The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has operationalised India’s first Read More …
What is Ecocide?
Why in the News?“Ecocide” is increasingly being discussed globally in the context of strengthening environmental Read More …
Women and Men in India 2025 Report
Why in the News? The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the Read More …
NSO 80th Round Survey on Household Social Consumption on Health
Why in the News? The National Statistical Office (NSO) has released findings from its 80th Read More …
Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) network
Why in the News? India has significantly expanded its Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) network—from 14 Read More …
RBI launches Mission SAKSHAM
Why in the News? The Reserve Bank of India has launched Mission SAKSHAM to strengthen Read More …
IN–SLN DIVEX 2026
Why in the News? India and Sri Lanka conducted the 4th edition of the bilateral Read More …
PM Modi Inaugurates 594-km long Greenfield Ganga Expressway in Hardoi
Why in the News? Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ganga Expressway on 29 April Read More …
Panchayat Advancement Index 2.0 report for FY 2023–24
Why in the News? The Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj released the Panchayat Advancement Index Read More …
India invokes WTO peace clause for FY25 rice subsidies for farmers
Why in the News?India has invoked the WTO Peace Clause for the 7th time after Read More …
Vikram VT 21: DRDO’s new infantry combat vehicles
Why in the News?The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has launched the Vikram VT Read More …
Maiden salvo launch of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range (NASM-SR)
Why in the News? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy Read More …
5th World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress
Why in the News? The 5th World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress was held from 27–30 April Read More …
Tatya Tope’s rare 169-year-old letter discovered in the Madhya Pradesh State Archives
Why in the News? A rare handwritten letter signed by Tatya Tope has been discovered Read More …
Bhaskar Jyoti Sonowal elected President of the BRICS Entrepreneurs Alliance Global Forum
Why in the News? Bhaskar Jyoti Sonowal has been elected President of the BRICS Entrepreneurs Read More …
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)
Why in the News?The Union Ministry of Coal has signed Coal Mine/Block Production and Development Read More …
Virli Khandar Megalithic Site
Why in the News? An ongoing excavation at the megalithic site of Virli Khandar in Read More …
Supreme Court uphold mandatory admissions in schools under Right to Education Act
Why in the News? The Supreme Court of India has upheld the mandatory admission of Read More …
Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (PaRRVA)
Why in the News? The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has operationalised the Read More …
Cyborg Plants
Why in the News?“Cyborg plants” are gaining attention as researchers advance technologies that allow plants Read More …