News: Billions of years ago, collision between two black holes sent gravitational waves rippling through the universe.In 2019,signals from these waves were detected at the gravitational wave observatory LIGO (United …
Read MoreNews: The Global Innovation Index(GII),2020 has been released. Facts: GII: It is an annual ranking that quantifies the state of national innovation ecosystem across countries.In 2020, it has ranked 131 …
Read MoreNews: The Union Cabinet has approved the Mission Karmayogi – National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building(NPCSCB). Facts: Mission Karmayogi: It is a nationwide programme to lay the foundation for …
Read MoreNews: The International Commission of Jurists(ICJ) has said that the conviction of civil rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan for criminal contempt seemed to be inconsistent with the freedom of expression law …
Read MoreNews: The Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched a “Water Heroes” contest. Facts: Aim: To reach out to people with the important message of water conservation and management. Features: Under …
Read MoreNews: NASA has been tracking asteroid 465824 2010 FR which is twice as big as the Pyramid of Giza and is expected to cross the Earth’s orbit on September 6.It …
Read MoreNews: The Department of Science & Technology(DST) secretary has launched a brochure featuring Entrepreneurs in Residence(EIR) under the National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) programme. Facts: Entrepreneurs in …
Read MoreNews: Eleven teams of Indian and US scientists have been selected under COVID-19 Ignition Grants Initiative to jointly work on out of the box solutions ranging from novel early diagnostic …
Read MoreNews: National Crime Record Bureau(NCRB) has released a report titled “Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India(ADSI)” for the year 2019. Facts: Key Highlights from the report: Farm Suicides: The suicides …
Read MoreNews: Government appointed Commission has been examining sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes(OBC) for almost three years now. Facts: What is sub-categorisation of OBCs? OBCs are granted 27% reservation under the …
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