Prime Minister Released 23rd Instalment of PM-KISAN: The Prime Minister released over ₹18,880 crore as the 23rd instalment of PM-KISAN in West Bengal. Nearly 9.44 crore eligible farmers, including more than 2.18 crore women farmers, received assistance through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system under the PM KISAN Utsav Diwas. PM-KISAN is a Central Sector […]
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Dolphin Conservation in Gujarat
Dolphin Conservation in Gujarat: Gujarat has recorded more than 680 dolphins along its 4,087-km coastline, highlighting the State’s growing importance in marine biodiversity conservation.The latest dolphin survey covered major coastal and marine areas of Gujarat, especially the Gulf of Kutch, which has emerged as a key dolphin habitat.Dolphins were recorded across the Marine National Park […]
The Twin Climate and Energy Crises
The Twin Climate and Energy Crises: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a critical address at London Climate Action Week, warning that the world is simultaneously confronting twin climate and energy crises.The UN chief described the modern global landscape as a tale of two crises driven entirely by a shared addiction to fossil fuels. […]
NAFED’s digital auction portal ‘NAFEX.in’
NAFED’s digital auction portal ‘NAFEX.in’: Union Home Minister will launch NAFED’s digital auction portal ‘NAFEX.in’ in New Delhi to modernize agricultural auctions and improve transparency in cooperative marketing.NAFEX.in is a digital agricultural auction platform developed by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).It provides an online, transparent, and technology-driven mechanism for conducting auctions […]
Thewa Art
Thewa Art: During Prime Minister of India visit to Slovakia, he gifted Thewa motif cufflinks to Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, bringing global attention to Rajasthan’s centuries-old Thewa craft.Thewa is an extraordinary traditional jewelry-making and decorative craft that involves the precise, delicate fusion of hand-carved sheets of pure gold onto vibrant, specially treated molten glass. The […]
International Scientific Panel on AI
International Scientific Panel on AI: The United Nations has set up its first global scientific body on artificial intelligence, appointing 40 experts to the newly formed Independent International Scientific Panel on AI.Professor B. Ravindran, head of the Centre for Responsible AI at IIT Madras, has been named as the sole Indian representative on the panel […]
Anthropological Survey of India
Anthropological Survey of India: Human skeletal remains excavated from the archaeological site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana have been formally handed over by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) recently. It is a government-funded organization that conducts anthropological research and studies on the diverse cultures of India. It is […]
Apristurus drona
Apristurus drona: Scientists recently identified a new species of deep-sea catshark from the Arabian Sea off the Sakthikulangara harbour on the Kollam coast and named it Apristurus Drona, or the Arabian slender catshark. Apristurus Drona, or the Arabian slender catshark, is a new species of deep-sea catshark. It was discovered in the Arabian Sea off […]
Vaigai River
Vaigai River: Residents of Nelpettai recently condemned the Madurai corporation administration for converting the stretch of Vaigai River into a garbage dumping zone by placing more than 10 trash bins there. Vaigai River is an important river in Tamil Nadu It begins its journey in the Varusanadu Hills, which are part of the Western Ghats. […]
Sarinda
Sarinda: Tripura’s rich cultural heritage has received a major boost with the traditional Tripura Sarinda being granted the Geographical Indication, or GI, tag. Sarinda is a bowed string musical instrument which is crafted from a single block of wood with a hollow resonator. It is associated with the indigenous communities of Tripura an used during […]
