AstroSat: The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) celebrated a decade of successful operation of the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on AstroSat. It is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV spectral bands simultaneously. The payloads cover the energy bands of Ultraviolet (Near and Far), limited optical […]
Category: Current Affairs
INTERPOL Red Notice
INTERPOL Red Notice: The Madhya Pradesh State Tiger Strike Force in a coordinated operation with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has successfully apprehended an international wildlife offender wanted under an INTERPOL Red Notice (RN). A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or […]
DRDO Transfers Seven Indigenous Technologies to Armed Forces
DRDO Transfers Seven Indigenous Technologies to Armed Forces: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over seven home-grown technologies to the Indian Armed Forces on 2 December 2025. These technologies were developed under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme, which promotes indigenous defence innovations by supporting Indian industry, particularly MSMEs and startups. The event […]
Dr Renuka Iyer Appointed Chief Medical Officer of NCCN
Dr Renuka Iyer Appointed Chief Medical Officer of NCCN: Dr Renuka Iyer has been appointed as the new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Her appointment, effective from 26 February 2026, marks a major leadership transition at the organisation known globally for its authoritative cancer treatment guidelines. Dr Iyer is […]
Fino Payments Bank Becomes First to Receive RBI Nod to Transition into SFB
Fino Payments Bank Becomes First to Receive RBI Nod to Transition into SFB: Fino Payments Bank has become the first payments bank to receive the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) in-principle approval to convert into a Small Finance Bank (SFB). This move, announced on 5 December 2025, opens up new avenues for Fino to expand […]
Roman Gofman Appointed as Next Mossad Chief
Roman Gofman Appointed as Next Mossad Chief: Major General Roman Gofman has been appointed as the next director of Mossad, set to take over in June 2026. The decision, announced on December 5, 2025, by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reflects a bold and rare move—placing a career military officer without a traditional intelligence background at […]
Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme
Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme: Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme has steadily expanded its reach, the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries recently said that major components of the scheme have made notable progress as of 31 October 2025. Launched on June 29, 2020, […]
Zambezi River : New Study
Zambezi River : New Study A new study suggests the Zambezi River actually starts off in Angola’s southern highlands, at the source of a river called the Lungwebungu, giving the Zambezi a new total length of 3,421 km, or 342 km longer than previously thought. The Zambezi River, sometimes spelled as Zambesi or Zambeze, is […]
Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis: Niger becomes the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis. Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm. The parasite can spread to humans through repeated bites of infected blackflies of the Simulium species. The flies breed by fast-flowing rivers and streams in certain remote, tropical, […]
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve : In News
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve: In News Marking the state’s first inter-state tiger translocation and the country’s second, a tigress is set to be airlifted from the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh to around 800 km away in Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve (RVTR) in Rajasthan’s Bundi in the next few weeks. It is located in […]
