The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Read More …
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023
WHO recommends R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of Read More …
Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023: Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman jointly wins for mRNA vaccine
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to Hungarian-American biochemist Read More …
Mathematician Ruixiang Zhang to receive 2023 Sastra Ramanujan Prize
Ruixiang Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA will be awarded with the 2023 Read More …
Antimatter
Scientists at CERN, during ALPHA-g experiment, have shown that, like everything else experiencing gravity, antimatter Read More …
PM launches ‘Sankalp Saptaah’, a week-long programme for Aspirational Blocks
The Prime Minister on 30th September launched a unique week-long programme for Aspirational Blocks in Read More …
ICCM5 Bonn adopts Global Framework on Chemicals
The 5th International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), which concluded on 30th September in Bonn Read More …
Law Commission advised against lowering age of consent under POCSO Act
The 22nd Law Commission, headed by Justice (Retired) Ritu Raj Awasthi, has recommended the government Read More …
Constitution (106th Amendment) Act
President Droupadi Murmu on 28th September 2023 gave her assent to the Women’s Reservation Bill Read More …
India’s first offshore wind projects to come up across Tamil Nadu coast
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a tender for the Read More …
Scarborough Shoal
Recently, the Philippines removed a 300-metre floating barrier installed by China near the disputed Scarborough Read More …
Dr. M. S Swaminathan: contribution and awards
Dr. M. S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist known as the Father of India’s Green Read More …
Pipe composting
Assam is actively promoting pipe composting among its rural communities during the ongoing Swachhata Hi Read More …
Green Ammonia Imported through VOC Port, Tamil Nadu for the first time
On September 23, 2023, V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority (Tamil Nadu) successfully handled Green Ammonia Containers, Read More …
Gujarat bans Conocarpus plants
The Gujarat government has banned the planting of ornamental Conocarpus trees in forest or non-forest Read More …
India retains 40th rank in the Global Innovation Index 2023
India retains 40th rank out of 132 economies in the Global Innovation Index 2023 rankings Read More …
UK Home Secretary called for the rewriting of the United Nations Refugee convention
Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman warned uncontrolled migration poses an “existential challenge” to Western nations Read More …
Circular RNA (circRNA)
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Bhopal have identified Read More …
India Ageing Report 2023
UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) India, in collaboration with the International Institute for Population Sciences Read More …
Tritium and Fukushima water
Japan started to pump treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, destroyed Read More …
Personality rights
The Delhi High Court has allowed Anil Kapoor’s pleas for protection of his personality rights Read More …
Ephemerals
In parts of Maharashtra, certain plant species wait throughout the year to bloom only during Read More …
5th World Coffee Conference (WCC 2023)
Coffee Board, a statutory organisation functioning under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of Read More …
Waheeda Rehman to receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2021
For outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, Waheeda Rehman will be conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Read More …
India’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched a first-of-its-kind Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Read More …