Boxer Lovlina Borgohain has bagged a Bronze Medal in 69-kilogram category after she lost to World Champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey in semi-finals....
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier ‘Vikrant’
India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant’ hit the waters for the first time as the Indian Navy began its sea trials recently. “This is...
The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Rajya Sabha recently passed The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to amend the constitutional list of Schedule...
The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2021
The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 was passed in Lok Sabha on August 3, 2021. The Bill seeks to dissolve certain existing appellate bodies and transfer ...
Pardoning power of governor
The Supreme Court, recently held that the Governor of a State can pardon prisoners, including death row ones, even before they have served a minimum 1...
The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021
The Parliament approved a Bill that seeks to set up a commission for air quality management in the National Capital Region and its adjoining areas. Th...
Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu gets bronze
v PV Sindhu created history by winning the bronze medal match against China’s He Bing Jiao at the Tokyo Olympics. Sindhu became only the second ...
Near-surface Shear Layer
It was long known the Sun’s equator spins faster than the poles. However, a peek into the internal rotation of the Sun using sound waves revealed the ...
Integrated theatre commands
As part of the process of evolving consensus among the three services on the reorganisation of the forces into integrated tri-service theatre commands...
e-RUPI – digital payment solution
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched digital payment solution e-RUPI, taking the first step towards having a digital currency in the country. The pla...
UN creates permanent body to address challenges of racism
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution establishing a Permanent Forum of People of African Descent to provide expert advice on addressing the c...
Provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistan’s Law and Justice Ministry has finalised draft legislation to incorporate Gilgit-Baltistan, the region known before 2009 as Northern Areas, a...
Kuthiran Tunnel
Nine years after works started for the 1.6 km-long twin tube tunnel road at Kuthiran on the Palakkad-Thrissur stretch of NH 544, one of the tunnels wa...
North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC)
Following the recent clash on the Assam-Mizoram border, the central government has decided to demarcate boundaries of the Northeastern states through ...
NISAR Satellite
The ISRO-NASA joint mission NISER (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite, aimed at making global measurement of land surface changes using adv...
World’s youngest mountaineer to scale K2
A 19-year old Pakistani climber became the youngest person in the world to reach the summit of K2, the second-highest peak in the world. Mr. Shehroze ...
Lokmanya Tilak Award 2021
Businessman Cyrus Poonawalla, who is the founder-chairperson of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), has been named as a recipient of the pr...
Silver coin found at Keezhadi archaeological site
A thin silver punch-marked coin was discovered at Keezhadi during the seventh phase of excavation. According to sources, the silver punch-marked coin ...
The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021
A bill to amend the general insurance law to allow the government to pare its stake in state-owned insurers was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Finance...
36TH EDITION OF INDIA – INDONESIA COORDINATED PATROL
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Saryu, an indigenously built Offshore Patrol Vessel has undertaken coordinated patrol (CORPAT) with Indonesian Naval Ship KRI ...
UN Best Small Business winners
Three India-based enterprises are among the winners of a $100,000 global competition of ‘Best Small Businesses’ announced by the United Nations that a...
12th Edition of Exercise INDRA NAVY
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...