'Over the past 10 years, India has plummeted on the academic freedom index ranks, according to the “Free to Think 2024” annual report published by the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Academic Freed Read More...

'The Nobel Prize for Medicine this year has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun.' According to the Nobel Prize website, the American scientists were honoured for “the discovery of m Read More...

'The deadly Marburg virus could overwhelm Rwanda’s fragile healthcare system.' Since the east African country reported the first Marburg case late last month, at least 46 individuals have bee Read More...

'The Supreme Court recently struck down numerous rules from state prison manuals that date back to the colonial era, saying these rules "reinforce caste differences" among prisoners and violate their Read More...

'Recently, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) published a draft notification, proposing to notify 3,328 square kilometres around the Gir forest in Gujarat as an Eco- Read More...

'In this digital age, we reduce everything to numbers.' This trend has consumed the education ecosystem, as seen in the rise of global ranking agencies, which assign ranks to universities across th Read More...

'Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) organised a workshop to expedite development of the National Agriculture Code (NAC).' NAC is envisaged to incorporate emerging agricultural technologies, novel far Read More...

'The NMEO-Oilseeds, approved by the Union Cabinet, aims to significantly increase oilseed production and reduce India’s dependence on imports. ' The mission will be implemented over a seven-y Read More...

'The Union Cabinet approved conferring the status of classical language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages.' The classical languages serve as a custodian of Bharat's profound Read More...

'India has more than 3,000 legacy waste dumpsites, with 2,424 of them having a waste load of more than 1,000 tonnes.' The Central government launched the legacy waste management project as part of Read More...