Matsya Setu App
Ø Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Mr. Giriraj Singh has launched the Online Course Mobile App “Matsya Setu”. The app was developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of…
Discrete auroras on Mars
Ø The UAE’s Hope spacecraft, which is orbiting Mars since February this year, has captured images of glowing atmospheric lights in the Red Planet’s night sky, known as discrete auroras.…
Mango Diplomacy
Ø A consignment of 2,600 kg mangoes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, and other leaders has reached India as a mark of goodwill from Bangladesh…
Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh named flag bearers of Indian contingent in opening ceremony of Tokyo Games
Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh named flag bearers of Indian contingent in opening ceremony of Tokyo Games World champion boxer and London Olympics bronze medallist MC Mary Kom and men’s hockey…
India to divert excess waters under Indus treaty to irrigate own land
India is working on exercising its rights to stop excess water flowing to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 to irrigate its own lands, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra…
A teacher-student duo discovers 3 asteroids
A teacher-student duo has discovered three new asteroids as part of an International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) Citizen Science Programme, organised by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Both were…
Supreme Court on use of Section 66A despite being struck down
The Supreme Court recently, termed the continued use of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, by law enforcement agencies of various states — despite the provision being struck…
NIPUN Bharat Mission
The Ministry of Education on June 5, 2021 launched National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN). The objective of NIPUN Bharat Mission is to create an…
Over 190 Crocodiles Relocated from from Panchmuli lake
In the last two years, as many as 194 crocodiles have been relocated from a lake near the ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat’s Narmada district. The crocodiles in the lake…
7th INDIAN OCEAN NAVAL SYMPOSIUM (IONS)
The 7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), a biennial event, was hosted by the French Navy at La Réunion from 28 June to 01 July 2021, concluded. IONS,…