'The Gujarat government has achieved 100% tap water connections in rural areas under the Jal Jeevan Mission.' In Gujarat, a total of 91.73 lakh households in rural areas are provided water through Read More...
'Saudi Aramco executive recently spent a week in Chamoli jail for carrying satellite phone.' It’s not legal to carry a satellite phone in India unless you have permission. Restrictions on th Read More...
'The forest officials denied the planned extermination of the colony of bats from a Manipur cave system as stated by the zoological study.' The Khangkhui (Khangkhui Mangsor) is a natural limestone Read More...
'Sandalwood spike disease (SSD) has recently started spreading to private fields where the cultivation of sandalwood has been taken up on a commercial basis.' It is caused by phytoplasma — ba Read More...
'The government of India appointed Sangeeta Verma as the acting chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).' The appointment follows full-time Chairperson Ashok Kumar Gupta demitting Read More...
'Dr Shefali Juneja was named the chairperson of the Air Transport Committee (ATC) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, becoming the firs Read More...
'The Prime Minister appealed to make an outreach to deprived minority groups such as Pasmanda Muslims, especially in Uttar Pradesh.' ‘Pasmanda’, a Persian term meaning “those who Read More...
'Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has approved the “environmental release” of indigenously developed genetically modified (GM) Mustard Seeds.' This paves the way for possi Read More...
'Cyclone Sitrang rapidly doubling its pace and making an early landfall in Bangladesh has been termed as ‘unusual’ by meteorologists.' Westerly winds might have played a role in the qui Read More...
'In a new report, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) indicated that in the next 28 years climate change-induced heat waves will become an unavoidable hazard and are se Read More...
