Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, 2016 The Parliament has passed the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016 after it was approved by the Rajya Sabha. The bill provides for...
Yuriko Koike – First Female Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike has been elected as the first female governor of Tokyo. Her election comes at a time when the...
Bhubaneswar for Make in India Conference December 2016 The “Make in India” conference will be held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha in December 2016. The conference would be organized by...
National Tourism Award 2014-15: Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station – Sawai Madhopur The Sawai Madhopur railway station has won the National Tourism Award 2014-15 for being the best...
Buddhist remains unearthed Buddhist remains on a mound called ‘Ernamma Pallu Dibba’ have been unearthed in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. The remains include limestone pillars, two...
The 2016 Group of Twenty (G20) Summit was held in Hangzhou, China from 4th to 5th September 2016 to discuss efforts to reform global economic governance. It was...
The Union Health Ministry has recently launched the “Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC)” to eradicate leprosy from the country. The 2-week-long massive campaign was launched by Union Health...
Indian researchers have made a major discovery by understanding the mechanisms by which preterm births (between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation) occur. Normally, a pregnancy lasts about...
Assam-based ecologist and conservation activist Bibhuti Lahkar has won prestigious ‘Heritage Heroes Award’ of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). With this, he became the first...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared Sri Lanka a malaria-free, after certifying that the life-threatening disease had been completely eliminated in the island. With this, Sri...
