An ancient temple dating from the early centuries of Buddhism has been unearthed near the Read More …
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Ancient Buddhist temple discovered in Barikot
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 …
World Wetlands Day 2022 Theme
This year for the first time, World Wetlands Day is being observed as a United Read More …
Economic Survey bats for adoption of UNCITRAL Cross-Border Insolvency framework
The Economic Survey 2021-22 has called for a standardised framework for cross-border insolvency as the Read More …
Phlogis kibalensis-a new leafhopper
Dr Alvin Helden of Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge has found the leafhopper on a student Read More …
NASA’s ATLAS has been upgraded
NASA’s asteroid monitoring system ATLAS has been upgraded, and can now scan the entire night sky in Read More …
Hoysalas temples being submitted for inscription in the World Heritage List
The Hoysala Temples of Belur, Halebid and Somnathapura in Karnataka have been finalised as India’s Read More …
HPCL opens two new ‘HaPpyShop’stores
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. has announced opening of two more Convenience Stores under its brand Read More …
Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE)
A virtual function was held to mark the launch of the Global Center of Excellence Read More …
NASA HERMES Mission Passes Key Milestone
NASA’s HERMES mission has passed a critical mission review on January 27, 2022. With the Read More …
Third World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
Observing the 3rd World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day on January 30, 2022, India joined Read More …
African Union and ECOWAS suspend Burkina Faso
The African Union (AU) on January 31, 2022 suspended Burkina Faso a week after the country Read More …
India ranks third globally in forest area gain: Economic Survey
According to the Economic Survey 2021-22, India has the tenth largest forest area in the Read More …
Economic Survey 2021-22 and ‘Agile approach’
The central theme of Economic Survey 2021-22 is the “Agile approach”, implemented through India’s economic Read More …
India-Oman 10th Joint Military Cooperation Committee (JMCC)
India and Oman is holding 10th Joint Military Cooperation Committee (JMCC) after the gap of Read More …
KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ECONOMIC SURVEY 2021-22
The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey Read More …
First ever goods train reached Rani Gaidinliu Railway Station
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded the first ever goods train that reached Read More …
India’s First Geological Park To Come Up at Lamheta
India’s first geological park (Geo Park) will come at Lamheta village on the banks of Read More …
Salient Features of Fly Ash Notification 2021
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the amendments to Read More …
A new parasitic flowering plant of genus Septemeranthus discovered in Nicobar
A new parasitic flowering plant has recently been discovered from the Nicobar group of islands Read More …
Why the Supreme Court quashes one-year suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs?
The Supreme Court bench lof Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and C.T. Ravikumar on January 28, 2022 Read More …
Fly Ash Management and Utilisation Mission
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the formation of a ‘Fly Ash Management and Read More …