Kala Utsav is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), to promote arts in education by nurturing and showcasing the artistic talent of school students...
47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which is one of Asia’s oldest and India’s biggest begins in Goa. The festival will see the screening of over 300...
Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine Yoshinori Ohsumi (71) of Japan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work...
NASA successfully launched National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s next-generation weather satellite, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R). The satellite will boost weather observation capabilities of the United States...
Scientists have discovered a “super-Earth” type planet, GJ 536 b, in orbit around a nearby very bright star. The exoplanet has a mass of around 5.4 Earth masses...
Public Debt Management Cell (PDMC) has been established to streamline government borrowings and better cash management for deepening bond markets. PDMC is an interim arrangement and will be...
SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation was signed in 2014 and is considered to be major step towards a SAARC Market for...
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand has been conferred the first ‘World Sanskrit Award’ by the government of India for her contribution towards promotion of the Sanskrit language. The...
The twin trial of surface-to-surface nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile was successfully conducted by the India Army from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha During the test, two...
Rio Olmpics Silver medallist PV Sindhu became the second Indian to win China Open Super Series. Sindhu defeated China’s Sun Yu to clinch the title. This is Sindhu’s...
