The Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) is a subsidiary body of the United Nations Security Council and was established in 2011 in the wake of September 11 terrorist attacks in...
The Paris Agreement to combat climate change officially entered into force after 55 parties to the convention accounting for at least 55% of total GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions...
Maharashtra became the first state in the country to have a cyber-police station in each district to take on cyber criminals. In this regard, state government is converting...
The first titanium project of India has started its test production Ganjam district of Odisha. The project has been established by Saraf Group. This is first of its...
Seventh century Chinese Buddhist pilgrim and scholar Xuan Zang (also spelled Hsuan Tsang) stayed a couple of years in Bezawada (the old name of Vijayawada) to copy and...
Veteran Bollywood actress and Rajya Sabha MP Rekha will be honoured by the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) with a Lifetime Achievement Award. She will be honoured...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in New Delhi. The conference has been organised by Union Government in collaboration...
This SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation was pending since 2010, and was signed in October 2014. It was touted to be a crucial step towards a SAARC...
The Bheramara-Baharampur electricity transmission line connects which of the following two countries? [A] India and Bhutan[B] Bhutan and Nepal [C] India and Bangladesh [D] Bangladesh and Bhutan [toggles][toggle...
The Union Government has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of steel wire rods from China to protect domestic manufacturers from cheap in-bound shipments. In this regard, the Department...
