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Lok Sabha passes Taxation Law Amendment Bill, 2019

The Lower House of the Parliament passed the Taxation Law Amendment Bill, 2019. This seeks to replace the ordinance that was passed in September. The 2019 bill is...

December 4, 2019

Ocean Foam at Chennai Beach

Ocean foam is a phenomenon in which the seawater forms foams due to the presence of detergents or foaming agents when combined with windy conditions. White ocean foams...

December 4, 2019

New study explains how ‘Snowball earth’ sustained life

Snowball earth is the phase in earth’s history when all the lands and oceans were covered in ice from the polar to the tropical regions. This phase stretches...

December 4, 2019

Typhoon Kammuri in Philippines

Typhoon Kammuri made landfall in Philippines early in December. Typhoon is a type of tropical storm that originates in the Northern Hemisphere. Tropical storms originating from the North-...

December 4, 2019

Mumbai Central railway station certified as country’s first ‘Eat Right’

The Mumbai Central Terminus of Western Railway has been certified as India’s first ‘Eat Right Station’ with a 4-Star rating awarded by Food Safety and Standards Authority of...

December 4, 2019

Ministry of Tourism sanctions 18 North East Development Project

The Ministry of Tourism on December 3, 2019 sanctioned 18 projects under the schemes PRASHAD and Swadesh Darshan. The Ministry has also allocated Rs 1456 crores for the...

December 4, 2019

Citizenship Amendment Bill cleared by Union Cabinet

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the Citizenship Amendment Bill on Wednesday, 4th December 2019. The bill will now be presented in the Parliament,...

December 4, 2019

India, Sweden join hands to set up Healthcare Innovation Centre in India

India and Sweden has joined hands to set up a healthcare innovation centre to promote research, broadly in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and help scale-up Indian start-ups in the...

December 4, 2019

CSIR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Test gets US FDA certification

The CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad on December 3, 2019, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) cleared the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Test facility at the centre. The...

December 4, 2019

M.Venkaiah Naidu launches POSHAN Anthem

The Vice President of India, M.Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday, 3rd December 2019, launched the POSHAN Anthem in New Delhi with the aim to encourage and inspire people to...

December 4, 2019

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