'Recently,more than 1,200 self-identified STEM students and workers have signed a pledge to not take jobs or internships at Google or Amazon.' Their reason: the companies’ involvement in Proj Read More...
'Leaders of the Group of Seven, the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, Japan, the U.K. and Italy, met in Italy’s Apulia region along with the European Union leadership, for a summit to discuss a hos Read More...
'The President has appointed seven-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as the ‘Speaker pro tem’ of the 18th Lok Sabha.' Article 94 of the Constitution states that the Speaker of the Lok Sabha sh Read More...
'The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) recently successfully conducted the third and final Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing Experiment (LEX).' Pushpak, dubbed the “swadeshi space Read More...
'The 53rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council met in Delhi under the Chairpersonship of Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs recently.' The council recommended tax Read More...
'The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will start recently.' Before the House can begin its legislative functioning, the newly elected members will have to take the oath of Members of Parliament Read More...
'As a new term begins for the government and the Lok Sabha, it must have green concerns close to the heart.' While we have never had a government that truly put the environment first, the last one, Read More...
'European Union countries on June 17 gave final approval to a major and long-awaited plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc.' The law, which aims at restoring ecosystems, specie Read More...
'Recently, a train accident killed 10 people and injured over 40 near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, about 600 km from Kolkata.' The mishap was caused when a goods train hit the 13174 Down Ag Read More...
'North India has been bearing the brunt of the longest stretch of a heatwave in the last 15 years.' Figures from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare suggest that at least a 100 have died from Read More...