On the occasion of the 21st Raising Day of India’s only Quad-Service, Integrated Theatre Command, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) extended greetings and felicitation to the Commander-in-Chief and all ranks of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard Read More …
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‘NGT is vested with suo motu power’-SC
The Supreme Court has ruled that the “National Green Tribunal (NGT) is vested with suo motu power in discharge of its functions under the NGT Act”. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar pointed Read More …
India ranks 90th in the Henley Passport Index 2021
India’s rank has slipped by six places from last year to 90 on the Henley Passport Index, which lists the world’s most travel-friendly passports. India’s passport holders allowed to travel visa-free to 58 countries. The index ranks the passports of countries Read More …
India Joins High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People
India officially joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, a group of more than 70 countries encouraging the adoption of the global goal to protect 30×30. India announced to join the coalition at a ceremony held between the Read More …
Kerala High Court lashed out at the practice of demanding nokkukooli
The Kerala High Court on October 7, 2021 lashed out at the practice of demanding nokkukooli (gawking wages) by headload workers in the State. The court said it did not want to hear the word nokkukooli any more. The use Read More …
HAL delivers SC120- LOX to ISRO
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has delivered SC120- LOX, the heaviest semi-cryogenic propellant tank ever fabricated, to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The semi cryo-liquid oxygen (LOX) tank — the first developmental welded hardware — is a part of the Read More …
New insights on a special class of blazar called “OJ 287”
India Science Wire Blazars are one of the brightest sources in the Universe. A special class of these objects is called BL Lacs. They show rapid and large variability in emission. A Blazer located about 3.5 billion light-years from earth Read More …
Study pinpoints sources for aerosol over central Himalayan region
India Science Wire With a unique role in the Asian climate, the Himalayan region is considered a vulnerable environment. Several chemical speciation studies have been performed for carbonaceous aerosols and inorganic species over the western and central Himalayan regions during Read More …
NASA to launch DART Mission to target Didymos
NASA’s will launch Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission Nov. 23, 2021 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique, which involves sending one Read More …
ICMR releases MUDRA Toolbox in five languages
The Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) on October 5, 2021 released the Multilingual Dementia Research and Assessment (MUDRA) Toolbox in five Indian languages – Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. MUDRA Toolbox is a project led by the ICMR Read More …
Chhattisgarh gets fourth tiger reserve
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved the Chhattisgarh government’s proposal to declare the combined areas of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary as a Tiger Reserve. This is the fourth Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh, Read More …
Two day meeting of 30 range countries of Central Asian Flyway
The two day Online Meeting of Range countries began on October 6, 2021 with a resolve to strengthen the conservation actions for migratory birds and their habitats in the Central Asian Flyway. India has organized the two day online meeting Read More …
Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Hubs exclusively for SCs and STs
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Government will be setting up 75 Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Hubs in different parts of the country, exclusively for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Read More …
Ministry of Tourism organises Buddhist Circuit Train FAM Tour
The Ministry of Tourism organized a Conference in Bodhgaya to promote potential of Buddhist tourism on 5th October 2021. This conference was part of Ministry of Tourism’s Buddhist Circuit Train FAM Tour scheduled from 04th October – 08th October 2021. Read More …
Wada Kolam rice gets GI tag
A variety of rice widely grown in Wada in Palghar district of Maharashtra has been awarded a ‘Geographical Indication’ (GI) tag. The GI tag will give Wada Kolam a unique identity as well as wider markets. Wada Kolam, also known Read More …