'Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed members of the Lok Sabha that the three criminal codes that seek to replace the British-era laws will be withdrawn and replaced with three new Bills after incor Read More...
'The COP28 climate meeting delivered some important outcomes — a first-time acknowledgement of the need to move away from fossil fuels.' However, like all previous COPs, it still remained an Read More...
'The Union government introduced a Bill in Parliament to extend for a period of three years the validity of a Central Act, which provides for the recognition of unauthorised colonies and relocation of Read More...
'According to a new deal struck at COP28 recently, countries need to phase-down 'unabated' coal power.' Climate vulnerable nations and experts, however, are concerned that this would allow countrie Read More...
'The crime rate may have declined in 2022 (258.1 per lakh population compared to 268 per lakh population in 2021), but crimes against women rose 4% in 2022 compared to 2021.' The NCRB’s rep Read More...
'The total seasonal rainfall has also trended downwards for more than seven decades, due to the differential heating of the land versus the ocean due to global warming.' India’s monsoon fore Read More...
'38% of students who opted for foreign studies from Kerala had marks below 75%; significant rise in number of girl students pursuing overseas education.' The new wave of migration reveals that a si Read More...
'The Rajya Sabha passed the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, the legislation that will guide the appointment o Read More...
'Physicists use the fractal geometry approach to study quantum systems in dimensions like 1.55 or 1.58, or in fact anything between one and two dimensions.' On the macroscopic scale, fractals can b Read More...
'Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the UN General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris – laying one of the foundation stones of the international ord Read More...
