'2024 is the biggest year for democracy in election history.' Half of the world’s population will head to polls this year, and almost a fourth of them live in India. While India will be the Read More...
'Hundreds of houses have been flooded in several coastal areas of Kerala due to high sea waves, also known as swell waves.' The worst affected regions include Alappuzha, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapu Read More...
'The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that India will see more than average heat wave days in this year’s hot weather season (April to June).' Above-normal temperatures are li Read More...
'The Internet was designed to evolve in a distributed fashion.' Individual machines which were connected to the Internet were given the power to decide who people should talk to for a service in wh Read More...
'April 2 marks International Fact-checking Day, a global initiative that recognises the role of accurate information in an interconnected world.' It was first commemorated by the IFCN (Internationa Read More...
'The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which was established on April 1, 1935, is responsible for monetary stability, currency management, inflation targeting, regulating the banking system, and setting in Read More...
'The Union government recently approved a policy to promote India as a manufacturing hub for electric vehicles (EVs).' Broadly, the policy attempts to pave the way for global EV manufacturers to in Read More...
'The PMLA was enacted in response to India’s global commitment (Vienna Convention) to combat the menace of money laundering.' Money laundering is the process of making large amounts of money Read More...
'April 1 is celebrated as Odisha Day, or Utkala Dibasa, in the state of Odisha.' On this day in 1936, a separate Odisha state (then Orissa) was carved out from the erstwhile Bihar and Orissa Prov Read More...
'Since ancient times, seafarers, mathematicians, astronomers and physicists have all extensively studied and followed the Sun and its activities.' In 1792, the British East India Company establishe Read More...
