Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin became the first player in IPL history to get retired Read More …
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Ravichandran Ashwin ‘retired out-ICC rules
Mumbai and Hyderabad recognized as “Tree City of World”
Hyderabad and Mumbai have won the “2021 Tree City of World” title by the Arbor Read More …
Centre makes donations to Somnath Temple tax-free
The Government of India has granted Gujarat’s Somnath Temple the status of a place of Read More …
‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’
Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launched ‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’ program in additional 126 cities across Read More …
Nilamani Phookan conferred 56th Jnanpith award
Renowned Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan was conferred the country’s highest literary award, Jnanpith in Guwahati Read More …
Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ successfully flight tested
India on April 11 successfully test-fired a locally developed anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), Helina, from Read More …
Parboiled rice controversy
Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on April 11 launched a protest in the national Read More …
State Energy & Climate Index-Round I
NITI Aayog has launched the State Energy & Climate Index-Round I on 11th April 2022. The Read More …
What is Learning Poverty (LP) ?
If before the pandemic about 53% of children were not able to read a simple Read More …
President Inaugurates Madhavpur Ghed Fair
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated five-day long Madhavpur Ghed Fair at Read More …
First ever NTCA meeting outside Delhi held at Arunachal Pradesh
The 20th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was held in Pakke tiger reserve Read More …
Gamma Irradiation Technology
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said that India’s Read More …
MERS-CoV cases reported in Saudi Arabia
Between 1 August 2021 to 28 February 2022, six additional cases of MERS-CoV infections, including Read More …
Offering freebies is a policy decison of a political party-ECI
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that offering or distributing Read More …
Bengaluru became first Indian city to join global network of silk cities
Bengaluru has become the first Indian city to get into the global network of silk Read More …
Scientists develop a new technique for rejuvenating skin cells
The scientists in Cambridge have rejuvenated a 53-year-old woman’s skin cells so they are the Read More …
Axiom-1: First all-private crew to ISS
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) is the first all private astronaut mission to the International Space Read More …
No one has a fundamental right to receive foreign contributions-Supreme Court
A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar on April 8 Read More …
Infrastructure debt funds allowed to issue zero coupon bonds
The Income Tax department has amended rules to enable infrastructure debt fund and NBFCs to Read More …
Gaofen-3-03 mission
The China Aerospace Science Corporation (CASC) successfully launched an Earth observation satellite on their Long Read More …
DRDO flight-tests Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster Read More …
KVIC launches “Banarasi Pashmina”
The premium Pashmina products prepared by the highly skilled Khadi weavers of Varanasi was launched Read More …
Cabinet approves extension of Atal Innovation Mission
The Union Cabinet has approved continuation of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), till March 2023. The Read More …
Cabinet approves distribution of fortified rice across Government Schemes
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on April 8 approved a scheme to distribute fortified Read More …
RBI introduced Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on April 8 introduced the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) Read More …