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The Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Gurugram was declared as India’s first “other effective area-based conservation Read More …

High Court stays Haryana State Employment of Local Candidate Act, 2020

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on February 3, 2022 granted an interim stay on Read More …

Punaura Dham of Bihar included under PRASHAD Scheme

As per the request received from the State Government of Bihar, Ministry of Tourism has Read More …

Subsidy norms simplified for residential rooftop solar plants

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued simplified procedure for the residential Read More …

Ravi Mittal appointed chairman of IBBI chief

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has named Ravi Mittal, former Sports Secretary, the Chairman Read More …

Vagir- Sea trials of the fifth submarine

The fifth submarine of Project 75, Yard 11879, Indian Navy’s Kalvari class commenced her sea Read More …

Saffron Bowl project in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya

North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) under Saffron Bowl project has identified Read More …

Asteroid 2020 XL5: Second ‘Trojan Asteroid’ confirmed orbiting with Earth

The astronomers have confirmed that a rocky body spotted orbiting in Earth’s path is a Read More …

SpaceX launches spy satellite NROL-87

Elon Musk’s SpaceX sent a U.S. spy satellite to orbit on February 2, 2022. A Read More …

PM will unveil Statue of Equality at Muchhinthal

The Prime Minister will unveil a 216-foot statue of the 11th century Vaishnava saint Sri Read More …

Param Pravega-IISCs commissions 3.3 petaflops supercomputer

India Science Wire The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) at Bengaluru has installed and commissioned Read More …

India adds two new Ramsar sites-Khijadia and Bakhira

The Union Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav announced addition of two new Ramsar sites (Wetlands of International Read More …

Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti

Marine explorers have discovered a pristine 3km coral reef at depths of 30m off the Read More …

Defence Ministry makes induction of women fighter pilots in IAF a permanent scheme

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that his Ministry has decided to convert the Experimental Read More …

Aadhaar of Husband is not mandatory under Matru Vandana Yojana

The Centre has clarified that Aadhaar of Husband is not mandatory under the Pradhan Mantri Read More …

India to join Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) race

India will launch a digital currency starting 2022-23, announced Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Read More …

Scomberoides pelagicus-A new ‘Vatta’ fish species

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has identified a new carangid (Vatta) species from Read More …

GAIL starts India’s maiden project of blending hydrogen into CGD network

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has commenced India’s first-of-it’s-kind project of mixing hydrogen into Read More …

Ancient Buddhist temple discovered in Barikot

An ancient temple dating from the early centuries of Buddhism has been unearthed near the Read More …

Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North-East (PM-DevINE)

Union Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new scheme, Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for Read More …

Tamil Nadu urges Kerala to increase outflow from Siruvani dam

Recently, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to his Kerala counterpart P. Vijayan requesting Read More …

Nirmala Sitharaman proposes 30% tax on income from virtual digital assets

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a 30 per cent tax on income from virtual digital assets in her Read More …

Centre to launch four pilot projects for coal gasification

The Government has announced to launch coal gasification-pilot projects in the Union Budget 2022-23. According Read More …

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