The Ministry of Finance has notified the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022 (the ‘Regulations’) Read More …
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Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022
Lumpi-ProVacInd: An indigenous vaccine for Lumpy Skin disease
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched the indigenous vaccine Lumpi-ProVacInd to protect livestock Read More …
Only Advocates-on-Record or their junior colleagues can mention the matters-CJI
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on August 10 declined to allow a senior advocate Read More …
International Seabed Authority and Mining Code
The 27th session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica Read More …
Chellanam tetrapod-based seawall project
The conventional seawall of Chellanam village in Kerala failed to check sea ingress which resulted Read More …
Novel Langya henipavirus
Cases of a novel Langya henipavirus (LayV) have been reported in Shandong and Henan provinces Read More …
What is Taiwan’s ‘porcupine strategy’?
Recently, China had launched aggressive and unprecedented military exercises near Taiwan in response to US Read More …
UK waives ethylene oxide contamination tests for Indian organic products
The United Kingdom (UK) has done away with its mandatory requirement to test imports of Read More …
Sebi proposes blue bonds concept for sustainable financing
Sebi has proposed the concept of blue bonds as a mode of sustainable finance. It Read More …
Swiggy employees can now take up second jobs under ‘Moonlighting policy’
Food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy has introduced a “moonlighting policy” that allows its full-time Read More …
Manipur Assembly adopts resolutions to implement NRC
The Manipur Assembly has resolved to implement the National Register of Citizens and establish a Read More …
Earth experienced its shortest day on record
On June 29, the Earth completed one full spin (rotation)— a day — in 1.59 Read More …
What are the uses of molecular clock?
The molecular clock is used to estimate the time when two forms of life diverged Read More …
SERB-SURE launched to augment research capabilities in state universities and colleges
A new scheme SERB-SURE was launched to augment the research capabilities in a structured way Read More …
Indian Oil signs MoU with NTCA for Project Cheetah
Indian Oil signed an MoU with National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for transcontinental relocation of Read More …
Cabinet approves India’s Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister on August 3 approved India’s updated Nationally Read More …
What is Regulation of Markets in Crypto-Assets, or MiCA?
In May 2022, the European Parliament and Council, the legislative arms of the European Union, Read More …
What is Mineral Security Partnership (MSP)?
On 14 June 2022, the US government’s state department announced the formation of an international Read More …
Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021-Salient features
The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 was passed by Lok Sabha on on August Read More …
What is a Hellfire R9X missile?
Al-Qaida terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by CIA in a US strike on July 31 Read More …
Central Universities (Amendment) Bill to establish Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on August 1, 2022 introduced the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill in Read More …
Responsible AI for Youth 2022
The Union Minister for Electronics and IT Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw launched ‘Responsible AI for Youth Read More …
Indian Knowledge System (IKS)
Minister of State for Education Shri Subhas Sarkar on July 31 addressed the valedictory session Read More …
What is a ‘Waza-Ari’?
Indian judokas L. Shushila Devi and Vijay Kumar Yadav signed off with a silver and Read More …
What is AlphaFold?
An artificial intelligence (AI) has predicted the 3D shape of nearly every protein known to Read More …