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First on-site evidence of water on Moon

Chang’e 5 lunar lander of China has found first-ever on-site evidence of water on the surface of moon. Highlights Study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances...

January 11, 2022

Sri Lanka Inter-city Train Service with Indian Aid

Sri Lanka had created an inter-city railway service with the help of India. India provided diesel units to the project. Railway services were launched between Jaffna and Colombo....

January 11, 2022

Pakistan Snowstorm

On January 9, 2022, death toll reached to 23 in Pakistan’s popular hill station of Murree, because of unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists. A minor girl, suffering...

January 10, 2022

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis – 2021-22

As per World Bank’s Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU), Sri Lanka is facing an acute economic crisis because of job & earning losses, high food inflation and dwindling...

January 10, 2022

New Covid Strain ‘Deltacron’

According to Leonodios Kostrikis, a professor of biological sciences at University of Cyprus, a strain of Covid-19 combining delta and omicron was found in Cyprus. Highlights The discovery...

January 10, 2022

What is ‘Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)’?

On January 6, 2022, Russian paratroopers and Belarusian special forces boarded planes for Almaty, which is one of the largest metropolises of Kazakhstan. The country has witnessed mass unrest...

January 10, 2022

What is Devas Case?

Devas is a multi-media company. It offers satellite-based services. Antrix is an Indian Government owned company. It is the commercial arm of ISRO. That is, ISRO launches satellites...

January 10, 2022

Aceh-Andaman-Nicobar connectivity

External Affairs Minister of India Dr S Jaishankar and Indonesia’s foreign minister Retno Marsudi discussed issues including the Aceh and Andaman Nicobar Island connectivity recently. Highlights Both the...

January 8, 2022

UK: First human case of Avian flu

United Kingdom has reported the first human case of Avian flu. A 79-year-old man named Alan Gosling is the first UK resident to catch the H5N1 strain of...

January 8, 2022

China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ – Recent Developments

China recently took an experiment on ‘Artificial Sun’ at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science China’s eastern province of Anhui. The experiment lays a solid scientific and experimental...

January 8, 2022

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