Singhbhum Craton: Researchers recently identified a 3.5-billion-year-old layered rock formation within the Singhbhum craton in eastern India that could contain some of the earliest chemical evidence of life on the planet. The Singhbhum Craton, located in eastern India (Jharkhand and Odisha states) between the Chhota Nagpur plateau and the Eastern Ghats, is one of the […]
Month: August 2026
AIKosh Platform
AIKosh Platform: A workshop on AIKosh platform was organised at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. AIKosh Platform is a national platform for datasets, AI models and related resources. It aims to enhance access to datasets and models from various sources to boost AI innovation, support AI solution development with shared toolkits, and showcase use […]
Christmas Island : In News
Christmas Island: In News SpaceX has recently towed Starship to waters off Christmas Island after the spacecraft floated in the Indian Ocean for nearly 24 days. It is a special territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean. The island is the summit of an oceanic mountain whose highest point on the island is Murray […]
RK-251 Drug
RK-251 Drug: The Ministry of Science and Technology informed about a new smart drug named RK-251 that can replace traditional chemotherapy. RK-251 Drug is a smart cancer drug designed to activate primarily in cancer cells and does not harm healthy cells. When RK-251 enters a cancer cell with high reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, these […]
Zambia
Zambia: The Prime Minister of India has congratulated Hakainde Hichilema on being re-elected as the President of Zambia. Zambia is a Southern-Central African landlocked country. It is bounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North), Zimbabwe and Botswana (South), Tanzania (North-east), Malawi (West) and Mozambique (Southeast), Angola and Zambia (West) and Namibia to the […]
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research : In News
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research: In News The Ministry of Earth Sciences organized the 8th Meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Ocean Polar Science and Technology (OPST) at Goa, hosted by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR). National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research was established as an autonomous […]
Parichha Dam
Parichha Dam: The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) has recognized the historic Parichha dam as a ‘World Heritage Irrigation Structure (WHIS)’. Parichha Dam is located on Betwa River in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. It is a key component of Betwa Canal System, which supplies water for agriculture to drought-prone areas of Bundelkhand. Parichha Dam […]
Regional Rural Banks
Regional Rural Banks: The Ministry of Finance recently said that Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) have recorded strong growth in credit delivery during the financial year 2025-26. RRBs are financial institutions established to provide financial services to rural areas. They are formed in collaboration by the Central Government, State Governments, and Sponsoring Commercial Banks to give […]
Giloy : In News
Giloy : In News Giloy, the climbing herb found in gardens and forests across India, has found an unusual patient in Madhya Pradesh, a young tigress battling canine distemper, one of the most dangerous viral diseases affecting wild carnivores. Giloy is a climbing shrub that grows on other trees, from the botanical family Menispermaceae. Scientific […]
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A 32-year-old man from Visakhapatnam, who had recurrent lymph node swelling for nearly six years and was repeatedly treated for suspected tuberculosis, has finally been diagnosed with rare Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease recently. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenopathy, is a rare inflammatory disorder of the lymph nodes. It causes swollen, painful […]
