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Ulka Mahajan conferred with Praful Bidwai memorial award for 2018

Ulka Mahajan, who is one of the three founders of Sarvahara Jan Andolan (SJA), has been conferred Praful Bidwai Memorial Award for 2018. The award was presented to...

August 29, 2018

North korea to host 2019 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships

North Korea will host the 2019 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in its capital Pyongyang from October 27.

August 29, 2018

Google launches Project Navlekha to help Indian vernacular news publishers to take their content online

At the 4th edition of Google for India event, Google has launched Project Navlekha to help Indian vernacular news publishers to take their content online. It does not...

August 29, 2018

Manjit Singh and Jinson Johnson achieves rare one-two in men’s 800m at 2018 Jakarta Asian Games

On August 28, Manjit Singh clinched gold in the men’s 800 metres event at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, which was India’s first gold in the event since...

August 29, 2018

Union Cabinet approves umbrella scheme “O-SMART” of Ministry of Earth Sciences

On August 29, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for the umbrella scheme “Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)” of...

August 29, 2018

IIT-Kharagpur conducts study on River Ganga that indicates that river is drying up in summers due to groundwater depletion

IIT-Kharagpur has recently conducted study on River Ganga that indicates that river is drying up in summers due to groundwater depletion. The study, published recently in Scientific Reports...

August 29, 2018

Government asks States to ban e-cigarettes

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued advisory to all states and Union Territories to not allow manufacture, sale and advertisement of e-cigarettes and other Electronic Nicotine...

August 29, 2018

Horizon 2020: India, EU join hands for research programme to develop a next generation influenza vaccine

Union Government and European Union (EU) have collaborated for research programme named Horizon 2020 to develop Next Generation Influenza Vaccine to protect citizens across the globe. For this...

August 29, 2018

Satya Tripathi appointed as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of UNEP

Indian development economist and environment expert Satya S. Tripathi was appointed as has been appointed assistant secretary general of United Nations and will head New York office of...

August 29, 2018

Quiz 938: GK Questions for Heavy Water Board Recruitment Exams

This quiz has 10 General Knowledge / GK Questions for Heavy Water Board Recruitment Exams based on syllabus of GK of Competition examinations and previous years question papers....

August 29, 2018

Navlekha: Google unveils new platform for Indic language publishers

Search engine giant Google has unveiled Project Navlekha to make online content relevant for more Indian users especially in local languages. It was unveiled along with host of...

August 29, 2018

Government inks $300 million agreement with World Bank to scale-up Energy Efficiency Program

Union Government (Finance Ministry) has inked 220 million Loan Agreement with World Bank to scale-up Inida’s Energy Efficiency Program. It also signed 80 million guarantee agreement with World...

August 29, 2018