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India’s Second Tulip Garden to Come up in Uttarakhand

The government of Uttarakhand has obtained the permission to develop the tulip garden over 50 hectares of forest land in Pithoragarh district at a cost of Rs 50...

January 28, 2019

Nairobi Sheep Disease Virus

The Nairobi Sheep Disease Virus (NSDV) or Ganjam virus is a strain in the genus Orthonairovirus belonging to the Nairobi sheep disease serogroup. It’s known hosts are Ixodida...

January 28, 2019

Malaysia strips of right to host 2019 World Para Swimming Championships

Malaysia has been stripped of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships for threatening to refuse to allow Israeli athletes to take part. The decision...

January 28, 2019

Novak Djokovic wins men’s singles 2019 Australian Open Tennis Tournament

Novak Djokovic from Serbia defeated Rafael Nadal to win his 7th Australian Open Men’s Singles title at Melbourne on 28th January 2019. The resurgent world No.1 outplayed the...

January 28, 2019

Jayant Kaikini wins 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

Jayant Kaikini, renowned Kannada poet short-story writer, columnist and playwright and lyricist, has won the prestigious 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for ‘No Presents Please: Mumbai...

January 28, 2019

Pakistan declares sugarcane juice as ‘national drink’

The Government of Pakistan has recently declared sugarcane juice as the ‘national drink’ of the country. The announcement came after the government conducted a Twitter poll where people...

January 28, 2019

Oxford dictionaries declares ‘Nari Shakti’ as Hindi word for year 2018

Oxford dictionaries has declared “Nari Shakti” as the Hindi word for the year 2018. The announcement was made during a session at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)...

January 28, 2019

Train 18 named as Vande Bharat Express

The Indian Railways has named the indigenously manufactured Train 18 as Vande Bharat Express. The train is set to run between Delhi and Varanasi at a maximum speed...

January 28, 2019

SANH to be established with funding from UK Research and Innovation under its Global Challenges Research Fund

The South Asian Nitrogen Hub (SANH) is a major international research programme to tackle the challenge that nitrogen pollution poses for environment, food security, human health and the...

January 28, 2019

Atal Setu of Goa

Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the “Atal Setu” on the Mandovi river in Goa. Key features of the Bridge The important features of the bridge are:...

January 28, 2019

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