India’s biodiversity hotspot, the Western Ghats, is home to 62 Desiccation-Tolerant Vascular Plant Species which Read More …
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Desiccation-tolerant vascular (DT) plants
Phukot-Karnali Hydro Electric Project
NHPC Limited (A Govt. of India Enterprise) and Vidhyut Utpadan Company Limited (VUCL), Nepal signed Read More …
Karnataka recommends Centre amend law to include necrophilia
The High Court of Karnataka has recommended that the Union government amend the Indian Penal Read More …
Evergreening of loans and Zombie lending
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das raised red flags over banks adopting innovative Read More …
Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar to be renamed Ahilyanagar
On the 298th birth anniversary of Maratha queen Ahilyabai Holkar on May 31, Maharashtra Chief Read More …
Cabinet approves City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS 2.0)
The Union Cabinet has approved the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS Read More …
AIIMS Nagpur becomes the 1st of all AIIMS to receive the NABH accreditation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated AIIMS Nagpur for becoming the first of all AIIMS Read More …
CBDT launches ‘e-Appeals Scheme, 2023’
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched “e appeal” scheme announced in the Read More …
ADB launches a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for India
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on May 30 launched a new country partnership strategy (CPS) Read More …
India becomes net copper importer for a fifth year in a row
India’s copper imports witnessed a 15 per cent year-on-year jump in financial year 2022-23. As Read More …
World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector
The Union Cabinet has approved the constitution and empowerment of an Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC) Read More …
Certificates of deposit (CDs) issued by banks jumped sharply in FY23
Certificates of deposit (CDs) issued by banks jumped sharply in FY23 as lenders rushed for Read More …
Light weight and portable Payment and Settlement System (LPSS)
According to the annual report for 2022-2023, RBI is exploring a light weight and portable Read More …
Second Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Ministerial Meeting
The second Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Ministerial Meeting was held in Detroit hosted Read More …
Chytridiomycosis
In collaboration with researchers in Australia and Panama, Indian scientists have verified the new test Read More …
Foucault pendulum
One of the features of the new Parliament building in New Delhi, inaugurated on May Read More …
Goan writer Damodar Mauzo received 57th Jnanpith Award
Goan writer Damodar Mauzo Goa has received the prestigious 57th Jnanpith Award, the country’s highest Read More …
CAG chief re-elected as External Auditor of WHO for 2024-27
Girish Chandra Murmu, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), has been re-elected as Read More …
Araku Coffee and Black Pepper are now Organic Certified
The Girijan Co-operative Corporation (GCC), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, has been granted organic certification for its Read More …
ISRO places navigation satellite NVS-01 into intended orbit
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on May 29 successfully placed the NVS-01 navigation satellite, Read More …
The infection geography of dengue currently covers all the States and UTs
The infection geography of dengue, which was restricted to eight States in 2001, currently covers Read More …
Snowball effect
According to World Economic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende, India is expected to clock the Read More …
PM dedicates New Parliament House to the nation
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated the new Parliament House to the nation on Read More …
33.6 per cent women were working overtime in 2019
According to the latest annual data released by the labour bureau, the share of women Read More …
Nepal marks 70th anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
People from the mountaineering community in climbing gear participated in a rally to mark the Read More …