'University Grants Commission (UGC) chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar has met representatives of international publishers to discuss a roadmap for translating their books as part of plans to introduce unde Read More...
'Chief Minister MK Stalin, launched sanitation workers’ development programme across the state and distributed safety equipment to a few workers.' A survey will be carried out to identify s Read More...
'Every year, December 10 is marked as International Human Rights Day.' The day aims to improve awareness about the importance of human rights and encourage stakeholders to ensure that all people ar Read More...
'Three medicinal plant species found in the Himalayas have made it to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species following a recent assessment.' Meizotropis pellita has been assessed as ‘critically Read More...
'The Rajya Sabha recently passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022 which is intended to amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to incorporate more species protected under the law.' Read More...
'The demand has grown louder to carve out a separate state of 'Greater Tipraland' for the indigenous communities in Tripura under Article 2 and 3 of the Constitution.' Several tribal outfits and in Read More...
'The Reserve Bank of India has signed a Currency Swap Agreement with the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) to enable MMA to make drawals in multiple tranches up to a maximum of $200 million from the R Read More...
'The Government of India has extended the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme beyond March, 2022 with the following provisions: Extension of lending period till Decemb Read More...
'The flash of light or a gamma-ray burst (GRB) was witnessed on December 11, 2021. The source was found to be an astronomical event called a kilonova.' Both kilonova and supernova produce the most Read More...
'The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed an MoU with Social Alpha, a multistage innovation curation and venture development platform for science and technology start-ups, to launch Sp Read More...