National Initiative on Water Security: The Union Government has launched the National Initiative on Water Security under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005, prioritizing water conservation across rural India. National Initiative on Water Security aims to address depleting groundwater levels and ensure long-term rural water security. To implement this, the MGNREGA Act, […]
MoSPI Comprehensive Modular Survey: Education 2025
MoSPI Comprehensive Modular Survey: Education 2025: School dropout rates in India have halved in just two years, according to the MoSPI Comprehensive Modular Survey: Education 2025. It is Conducted by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) during April–June 2025 as part of the 80th round of the National Sample Survey (NSS). Dropout decline: […]
Dolmens of Kodaikanal : Fast Disappearing
Dolmens of Kodaikanal : Fast Disappearing The dolmens of Kodaikanal, megalithic structures dating back over 5,000 years, are fast disappearing, with less than 50% of those recorded in the early 20th century still standing. Dolmens are megalithic box-like stone structures, usually a large stone slab resting on three vertical pillars, built above the ground. They […]
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the India–SICA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the India–SICA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Central American Integration System (SICA) is the institutional framework designed to govern and facilitate regional integration in Central America. Secretariat: Located in El Salvador. Created by the Tegucigalpa Protocol (December 13, 1991), which updated the older ODECA Charter. Operation Date: Became fully operational on […]
HSBC and IBM announced the world’s first quantum-enabled algorithmic bond trading trial
HSBC and IBM announced the world’s first quantum-enabled algorithmic bond trading trial.: It Is the trial is the world’s first-known empirical evidence of using a hybrid quantum-classical computing approach to solve a real-world problem in algorithmic bond trading. It involved HSBC and IBM, using real, production-scale trading data from the European corporate bond market. The […]
The World Para Athletics Championships 2025
The World Para Athletics Championships 2025: India is hosting its first-ever World Para Athletics Championships 2025 in New Delhi, inaugurated at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The flagship global competition for para-athletes, organised biennially by World Para Athletics (under IPC). It Serves as the highest platform (after Paralympics) for track & field events for differently-abled athletes. New […]
2G Ethanol
2G Ethanol: India allowed the export of 2G ethanol, with mandatory export licenses and feedstock certificates.2G (Second-Generation) ethanol is an advanced biofuel made from non-food, lignocellulosic biomass such as agricultural residues, forestry waste, woody biomass, algae, and municipal solid waste. Unlike 1G ethanol (from edible crops like sugarcane, maize), 2G uses waste materials, ensuring food […]
IUCN Recognises Dugong Conservation Reserve in Palk Bay
IUCN Recognises Dugong Conservation Reserve in Palk Bay: The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 (Abu Dhabi) adopted a resolution recognising India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu as a global model for marine biodiversity conservation. It is India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve, notified in September 2022 under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. […]
Sudhanshu Vats Appointed President of ASCI, Subramanyeswar Vice Chair
Sudhanshu Vats Appointed President of ASCI, Subramanyeswar Vice Chair: Sudhanshu Vats, Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Ltd, has been appointed as the new President of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). The announcement was made during ASCI’s 39th Annual General Meeting, ahead of the council’s 40th anniversary in October 2025. The move comes at […]
Ahmedabad to Host 11th Asian Aquatics Championship 2025
Ahmedabad to Host 11th Asian Aquatics Championship 2025: The city of Ahmedabad is set to host the 11th Asian Aquatics Championship from September 28 to October 11, 2025, marking the first time India is organizing this prestigious continental event. The venue, Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Narangpura, was recently inaugurated and now joins the ranks […]
