The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on August 26 enhanced disclosure rules for Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Sebi tightens disclosures requirements for credit rating agencies
Overseas investment (ODI & OPI) rules notified;
The Finance Ministry on August 22 introduced new set of rules for domestic entities, including Read More …
What is ‘PEN-PLUS’ strategy?
Africa has adopted a new strategy to boost access to the diagnosis, treatment and care Read More …
PM addresses National Labour Conference of Labour Ministers of all States and UTs
The Prime Minister on August 25, 2022 inaugurated the two-day National Labour Conference at Tirupati, Read More …
Digital sequence information (DSI)
Digital sequence information (DSI) enables fair benefit-sharing, ensures open access to sequence data, strengthens biodiversity Read More …
S. Subramaniam Balaji versus Government of Tamil Nadu judgment
The Supreme Court on August 24 said it will constitute a three-judge Bench to reconsider Read More …
Anang Tal lake declared monument of national importance
The Anang Tal lake in South Delhi, believed to have been built a thousand years Read More …
Tamil Nadu Idol Wing submits papers to retrieve six stolen Chola-era idols from U.S.
The Tamil Nadu Idol Wing CID on August 24 said it has initiated steps to Read More …
Who was Pandurang Khankhoje?
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is visiting Canada for the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Read More …
James Webb telescope captures Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons
NASA on August 23 released two new images of Jupiter captured by the James Webb Read More …
Spectrographic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING)
The ‘Spectrographic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING)’ is a UN-led initiative that invites research teams Read More …
Dugong declared functionally extinct in China due to habitat degradation and hunting
Researchers have declared dugong-a mammal related to the manatee functionally extinct in China. Only three Read More …
Technical Textiles Conference 2022, Manipur
The Ministry of Textiles in collaboration with Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organized the Technical Read More …
US demand to lift India’s lab-created diamond exports
According to a recent report, Surat is gearing up to be the global hub for Read More …
India’s first commercial space situational observatory to come up in Uttarakhand
A space situational awareness firm Digantara has signed an agreement with Govt. of Uttarakhand to Read More …
Ministry of Science and Technology announces 75 “Amrit” Grants for Biotech initiatives
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh announced 75 “Amrit” Read More …
National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS)
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah inaugurated two-day National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022, on Read More …
UPI services is a ‘digital public good’, says Finance Ministry
The Finance Ministry on August 21 called UPI services a “digital public good”, and said Read More …
India’s first truly indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus launched in Pune
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh on August 21 Read More …
Bisphenol-A pilot plant inaugurated in CSIR-NCL Pune
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh on August 21 Read More …
Govt awards GI tag to Mithila Makhana
The Government of India has awarded Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Mithila Makhana (fox nut) Read More …
What is OsDREB1C?
By giving a Chinese rice variety a second copy of one of its own genes, Read More …
CAROTAR and Rules of Origin
The Finance Ministry has said that exemptions specified in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Read More …
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs
Researchers have developed an approach to break down a class of long-lasting chemicals called “Per- Read More …
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 finds asteroids may have brought water to Earth
In an article published in the journal Nature Astronomy on August 15, scientists from Japan Read More …