'Unsustainable logging, fishing and hunting — practices that are projected to increase in the coming years — is driving a million species of plants and animals to extinction, a new report Read More...
'The Sustainable Development Report, 2022 has been released.India’s rank in the report has slipped for the third consecutive year.' It has been ranked 121 out of the 163 countries in 2022. In Read More...
'The health ministry plans to replace the Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940 with an updated law laying down strict regulatory guidelines to keep pace with changing needs and technology.' Given the Read More...
'Sudden, “highly-localised rains” in Amarnath, Jammu and Kashmir caused flooding and led to the deaths of at least 16 people and injuries to more than 20 others.' A cloudburst refers to Read More...
'It was on May 16, 1975 that Sikkim became 22nd state of the Union of India.' While in many modern narratives, the tale of the former kingdom under the Namgyal dynasty acquiring Indian statehood be Read More...
'The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Maharashtra Metro achieved world record for constructing the longest double-decker viaduct with a length of 3.14 km in Nagpur.' The longest vi Read More...
'Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has inaugurated two new Internet Exchange points (IXP) of NIXI at Durgapur and Bardhman of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI).' N Read More...
'The fourth phase of Sea Trials for IAC has been successfully completed, during which integrated trials of majority of equipment and systems onboard including some of the Aviation Facilities Complex e Read More...
'The cybersecurity norms announced by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) last month requiring virtual private networks (VPNs) to preserve a wide range of data on their customers for Read More...
'Tomato flu has hit Odisha as 26 children were diagnosed with the hand, foot and mouth disease.' The condition of these children are however said to be stable. Tomato flu is an infectious viral dis Read More...