The navies of India and Russia concluded the 12th edition of the biennial Exercise Indra Navy in Baltic Sea. “The primary aim of this year’s edition i...
Geo-imaging satellite EOS-03
Geo-imaging satellite for earth observation EOS-03, which would enable near real-time monitoring of natural disasters like floods and cyclones, is sch...
India’s 14 Tiger Reserves get Global CATS recognition
On the occasion of International Tiger Day on July 29, 2021 Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav announced that 1...
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021, which seeks to amend the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, was passed in Rajya ...
OBCs, EWs Gets reservation under AIQ scheme
The Union Health Ministry has announced 27% reservation for the OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and 10% quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)...
The Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021
The Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021 was passed by the parliament on July 27, 2021. The Bill seeks to provide a framework for the development, mai...
Moon-forming region around planet in another solar system
Scientists for the first time have spotted a moon-forming region around a planet beyond our solarsystem – a Jupiter-like world surrounded by a d...
Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics
Mirabai Chanu opened India’s medal tally at the Tokyo Olympics, clinching a silver medal in the women’s 49kg weightlifting category. The 26-year-old M...
Telangana’s Rudreswara temple inscribed as a World Heritage Site
The historic Rudreswara Temple, popularly known as Ramappa Temple, near Warangal has received the coveted World Heritage status by the United Nations ...
Microplastics pollution in Ganga
An analysis of the stretches of the river Ganga by Delhi-based environment NGO Toxics Link has revealed pollution by microplastics, defined as synthet...
ARMEX-21
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged-in the Indian Army Skiing Expedition, ARMEX-21, in New Delhi on July 23, 2021. The ARMEX-21 was conducted in th...
National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021
The Central Government recently released National Policy for rare diseases. The Policy aims at lowering the incidence and prevalence of rare diseases ...
Gaon Bura
Recently, the Assam Cabinet announced that Gaon Buras (village headman), village-level functionaries of the district administration, will henceforth b...
Asadha Poornima Dhamma Chakra Day 2021
India on 24th July, 2021 celebrated Asadha Poornima or Guru Poornima. Observed on full moon day in Asadha month of the Hindu calender, the Dhamma Chak...
Bipyrazole organic crystals
New materials may soon make it possible for damaged electronic components, such as in space crafts, to mend themselves. The materials recently develop...
United Nation’s Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation
India has scored 90.32% in United Nation’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific’s (UNESCAP) latest Global Survey on Digital and Susta...
ASRB Recruitment 2021 65 AO, F&AO Posts
ASRB Recruitment 2021 – ASRB invites Online applications for recruitment of 65 Administrative Officer (AO), Finance & Accounts Officer (F&A) P...
Tokyo Olympics Motto
The Olympic motto was amended to “faster, higher, stronger – together” during the International Olympic Committee’s session wh...
UNDP Equator Prize 2021
Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Limited and Snehakunja Trust are among the 10 awardees of the prestigious Equator Prize for their work in ...
IMF estimates 2021 global growth forecast at 6 per cent
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), estimated that the global growth for 2021 will be approximately 6 per cent, the same as forecast in April, but ...
World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge
World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge was opened to the public in Amsterdam recently. It was developed by MX3D, a Dutch robotics company, in collabora...
Digital Platform “Kisan Sarathi”
The government has launched a digital platform named as ‘Kisan Saarathi’, available in Hindi and many regional languages, through which farmers can in...
11th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Meeting
India is seeking a multi-dimensional engagement with the Mekong region considering its great importance, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told t...
H5N1 avian influenza
On July 21, 2021 an 11-year-old boy died of H5N1 avian influenza in Delhi. This is the first recorded death due to the bird flu in India this year. In...
“SMILE” Scheme
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated a scheme called SMILE (Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise) w...
Inland Vessels Bill
A bill to bring uniformity in application of law relating to inland waterways and navigation within the country was introduced in the Lok Sabha. Intro...
Liverpool Removed From UNESCO World Heritage List
The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO on Wednesday voted narrowly to remove Liverpool’s waterfront from its list of world heritage sites, citing...
Peru’s new President
Pedro Castillo, a left-wing rural teacher-turned-politician, was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential election. The South American nation, rich ...
China-South Asia grouping
India was invited by Bangladesh Foreign Minister to join the China-led South Asian initiative for COVID-19 vaccines and poverty alleviation. The creat...
Supreme Court quashes some provisions of 97th Amendment
The Supreme Court in a 2:1 majority verdict upheld the validity of the 97th constitutional amendment that deals with issues related to effective manag...
DRDO successfully tests surface-to-air missile Akash-NG
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), a surface-to-air Missil...
U.S., Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan to form ‘QUAD’ group
The US, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan have agreed in principle to establish a new quadrilateral diplomatic platform focused on enhancing region...
Monkey B Virus (BV)
As the world grapples with the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, another viral infection has been reported in China. The Monkey B Virus (BV) claimed its ...
Deaths Due to Road Accidents in India
As per the data received from Police Departments of various States/UTs the total numbers of persons killed on all roads in the country for the calenda...
Faridabad Cave Paintings
A prehistoric Stone Age site, possibly over a million years old, has been found in the Mangarbani hill forest in Haryana’s Faridabad. Initial ex...
Commonwealth Trade Review-2021
The 2021 ‘Commonwealth Trade Review’ concludes that the Commonwealth countries are estimated to have lost up to USD 345 billion worth of trade in 2020...
India condemns killing of Danish Siddiqui at UNSC
India strongly condemns the killing of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla...
PM inaugurates and dedicates to the nation multiple projects in Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and dedicated to the nation several key projects over Rs 1,100 crore in Gujarat. He also inaugurated the Aqua...
MH-60r Multi Role Helicopters (MRH)
India received two MH-60 multi-role helicopters (MRH) from the United States, after a long wait of more than a decade. These two are the first in a li...
GISAT-1: India’s ‘Eye in the Sky’
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working towards launching India’s GISAT-1, an Earth Observation satellite, in August 2021, Dr K Sivan...
Head of a terracotta woman figurine found in Agaram
The head of a terracotta woman figurine, with decorated hair like goddess Meenakshi and Vaishnavite minstrel Andal, was found during an archaeological...
OBC sub-categorisation commission’s term extended
The Union Cabinet recently extended the term of the commission constituted under Article 340 of the Constitution examining the possibility of sub-cate...
UV-C technology to mitigate Covid spread
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh has said that Ultraviolet-C or UV-C Disinfection Technology will soon be installe...
PM inaugurates the International Cooperation and Convention Centre – ‘Rudraksh’ in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Cooperation and Convention Centre – Rudraksh in Varanasi, which has been constructed with J...
European Union unveils sweeping climate change plan
The European Union has announced a draft of climate change legislation aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. A doze...
India to host 2026 badminton world championship
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has allotted the BWF World Championship to India for 2026. This will be the second time that India will host the ...
Olympic Village opened
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Village ofcially opened its doors and began welcoming the athletes ahead of this year’s Games, which will take place between Ju...
China-India trade on rise despite border tensions and Pandemic
India’s trade with China in the first half of 2021 rose by a record 62.7% — the highest increase among China’s major trade partners — with total two-w...
Bhutan adopts India’s BHIM-UPI payment system
Bhutan has become the first country to adopt India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) standards for its quick response (QR) code. It is also the second...
NASA’s VIPER Mission
The US space agency has announced its first mobile robot to the Moon in late 2023 in search of ice and other resources on and below the lunar surface....