India abstained from Pakistan’s stand-by arrangement (SBA) loan request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Read More …
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Project Kusha: India’s own Iron Dome
The Indian Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) recently cleared the procurement of the Indian Long Range Read More …
Ecological Threat Report 2023
The Ecological Threat Report 2023 was published by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). It Read More …
Asteroid Dinkinesh
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past its first two asteroids as the spacecraft found that the Read More …
Kawah Ijen Crater Lake
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured the stunning images of Kawah Ijen Crater Lake located Read More …
ENCORE: ECI designed in-house software for election management
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has designed in-house software for complete Candidate and election Read More …
Russian President signs a Bill, revoking Russia’s ratification of global nuclear test ban
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a Bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test Read More …
Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2023
The Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2023, a two-day event steered by the Indian Army in collaboration Read More …
Legal Identity and Rights-Based Return Management Conference
About a billion people globally don’t have a legal identity, according to the United Nations’ Read More …
Major ‘White Hydrogen’ Deposit Found In France
Scientists looking for fossil fuels beneath the ground of northeastern France have discovered large reservoir Read More …
The 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
India-born author Nandini Das has been named the winner of the 2023 British Academy Book Read More …
Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has brought under its direct regulation all entities facilitating Read More …
Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh jointly inaugurated three development projects
The Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh jointly launched the three projects namely; the Akhaura-Agartala Read More …
AI Summit participants sign Bletchley declaration
Twenty-eight governments including India signed the “Bletchley declaration” on the first day of the artificial Read More …
Curcuma kakchingense
Researchers in Manipur have discovered a new flowering plant species in Kakching district and have Read More …
Rajaji Tiger Reserve Conservation Foundation
The Uttarakhand government has decided to establish Rajaji Tiger Reserve Conservation Foundation to accelerate the Read More …
Asia Pacific Road Accident Data (APRAD) base project
The report titled ‘Road accidents in India -2022’ was released by the Ministry of Road Read More …
Carbon nanoflorets
The scientists from IIT Bombay have synthesise a carbon nanostructure that was “blacker than black”. Read More …
UNESCO designates Kozhikode as City of Literature; Gwalior as City of Music
The UNESCO has designated Kozhikode in Kerala as the City of Literature in its latest Read More …
Haemoglobin isn’t used only in blood, says research
A new discovery has revealed that haemoglobin isn’t used by red blood cells (RBCs) alone. Read More …
Ferritic-Martensitic (FM)
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Read More …
Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary
Maoists reportedly opened fire at Forest department watchers at the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kannur Read More …
Lewis model
Sir Arthur Lewis was was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1979. Read More …
Penny Drop Verification
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has made ‘penny drop’ verification mandatory for Read More …
Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) system
The Karnataka Forest Department, along with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), has launched the Hostile Read More …