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According to the latest World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC-Vienna), the fourth highest seizure of opium in 2018 was reported from India, after Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The maximum of 644 tonnes of Read More …
According to the health officials, a herdsman in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia was confirmed to be infected with bubonic plague. The Bayannur city health commission confirmed that the plague was diagnosed in the herdsman. What is bubonic plague? Read More …
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind on July 4, 2020 inaugurated the Asadha Poornima celebrations being observed as Dhamma Chakra Day, from Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi also gave a special address through Read More …
What: State of the World Population 2020 Who: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Why: round 460,000 girls went missing in India According to the State of the World Population 2020, preference for sons and gender-biased sex selection have led to Read More …
What: STARS Project Who: World Bank When: June 24, 2020 Why: To improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states The World Bank Board on June 24, 2020 approved a $500 million “Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for Read More …
Why in news? According to a recent collaborated study, the DNA sequencing of 863 genomes has showed the first domestication of chicken occurred in southwestern China, northern Thailand and Myanmar from Gallus gallus. What the study says? The study involved Read More …
Image credit: CNN Why in the news? The local assembly of Ishigaki city in southern Japan voted on June 22, 2020 to rename an area, including islands disputed with China and Taiwan. What is the change? The local council approved Read More …
Why in the News? NITI Aayog in collaboration with International Transport Forum (ITF) will launch the “Decarbonising Transport in India” project on 24 June, 2020 with the intention to develop a pathway towards a low-carbon transport system for India. India Read More …
The sixth International Day of Yoga was celebrated with great enthusiasm across the country through electronic and digital media. Theme ‘Yoga for Health – Yoga at Home” has been made the theme of this year’s IDY. Due to current pandemic Read More …
India and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on June 18, 2020 signed a $750 million “COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Programme” to assist India to strengthen its response to the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on poor Read More …
India on June 15, 2020 joined the league of leading economies including USA, UK, EU, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore to launch the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI or Gee-Pay). What Read More …
With 1805 publications, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China has topped the Nature Index 2020 ratings based on the research published in the top journals, a measure of research quality. Harvard University, United States of America (USA) is at second Read More …
The World Accreditation Day (WAD) was celebrated on June 9 with the theme of “Accreditation: Improving Food Safety”. The day is a global initiative established by the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) to promote the Read More …
The total number of Indian institutions in the top 1,000 global list has fallen from 24 to 21 in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University rankings 2021, released on June 9, 2020. Only three educational institutes from India, the Indian Read More …
The second World Food Safety Day (WFSD) is being celebrated on 7 June 2020. The day is being celebrated with the theme of “Food safety, everyone’s business“. According to the World Health Organisaiton, almost one in ten people in the Read More …