On May 3, 2024, NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the global arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), entered into its first international agreement with the...
Archaeologists have recently discovered a 7000-year-old pre-historic settlement near the Tamiš River in northeastern Serbia. The settlement is believed to date back to the late Neolithic period and...
On May 3, 2024, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) initiated a proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. This proposal, backed by the Justice Department,...
The Indian Navy has initiated a modernisation programme to enhance the life, maintenance support, and capability of its warships by converting their propulsion systems from steam to diesel....
A recent study conducted by scientists from ISRO’s SAC in collaboration with other research institutions has revealed enhanced possibilities of water ice occurrence in the polar craters of...
Geologists from MIT and Oxford University discovered the oldest evidence of Earth’s magnetic field in 3.7 billion-year-old rocks from Greenland’s Isua Supracrustal Belt. This finding suggests Earth’s conditions...
Recently, a researcher from the Norwegian Polar Institute, Christian Lydersen, reported the first case of a walrus dying from bird flu on Hopen Island in the Svalbard archipelago....
In recent news, the government is planning to introduce the draft Explosives Bill, 2024, as a replacement for the Explosives Act, 1884. The Department for Promotion of Industry...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has accused U.S. tech giant Apple of using “blood minerals” sourced from the country’s war-torn eastern region in its products. In letter...
The Indian Navy has launched the sixth barge of the LSAM 16 (Yard 130) series, named ‘Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge, LSAM 20 (Yard 130),’ built by...
