'The issue of air safety played out under intense media scrutiny following two aviation incidents.' In the first instance, on January 2, 2024, at around 5.45 p.m., a Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A35 Read More...
'A major dam project of the Madhya Pradesh government, which is part of the Centre’s marquee Ken-Betwa river interlinking project, was found to be in violation of environment clearance.' In Read More...
'Starting July this year, investors will be allowed to freeze or block their trading accounts in case they notice any suspicious activity.' Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked Read More...
'The Supreme Court questioned the Centre on why reports of the court-appointed Technical Experts Committee (TEC) on the biosafety of genetically modified (GM) crops were not looked into by the Genetic Read More...
'The Kashmir Himalayas are dotted with permafrost structures called ‘rock glaciers’, with significant ice volumes within, a new study mapped.' Rock glaciers typically form in mountainou Read More...
'Global inflation is estimated to have dropped to 5.7 per cent in 2023 and a continued decrease in inflation to 3.9 per cent has been projected for 2024.' The decline in inflation was attributed to Read More...
'Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) – a polymath who recorded observations on various natural phenomena across the fields known today as geography, geology, meteorology, and biology.' Once, w Read More...
'Cannabis has the potential to make a dent in India’s fight against the escalating threat of antibiotic resistance.' Scientists at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu Read More...
'The Supreme Court refused to stay the new law excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the panel to select the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (ECs) and issued not Read More...
'The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recently found that over half of the nearly 10,000 hospital patients surveyed for a study were given antibiotics to prevent, rather than treat, infectio Read More...
