UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards For Cultural Heritage Conservation 2022: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) was recently conferred with the ‘Award of Excellence’ at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation-2022. The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation is supported by a partnership between UNESCO and Ng […]
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Fourth Edition Of Indo Pacific Regional Dialogue
Fourth Edition Of Indo Pacific Regional Dialogue: The fourth edition of Indo Pacific Regional Dialogue concluded in Delhi. Indo Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) is an apex level international annual conference of the Indian Navy. In 2018, the initial conception of an IPRD was made. The event has been hosted annually since its initial year in […]
Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking And Survey (GEURS)
Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking And Survey (GEURS): The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi was ranked among the top 50 in the Global University Employability Rankings by Times Higher Education (THE). The Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS) reveals the top 250 universities in the world that are producing employable graduates […]
Anwar Ibrahim : Malaysia’s New Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim : Malaysia’s New Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was appointed as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia by King Sultan Abdullah. His appointment concludes the five-day political impasse caused after no party managed to secure a majority to form the government for the first time since the independence in 1957. Anwar Ibrahim is a […]
FIRSTAP : India’s First Sticker-Based Debit Card
FIRSTAP : India’s First Sticker-Based Debit Card IDFC First Bank, in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), recently launched FIRSTAP – India’s first sticker-based debit card. The IDFC FIRST Bank was established following the merger of the erstwhile IDFC Bank A sticker-based debit card allows the user to make transactions by simply […]
Initiatives Under The e-court Project
Initiatives Under The e-court Project: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched various initiatives under the e-court project on Constitution Day, 26th November 2022. Constitution Day: It is celebrated on 26th November every year. It is also known as National Law Day. On this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India formally adopted the Constitution of […]
Leith’s Soft-shelled Turtle : Transfer From Appendix II to Appendix I
Leith’s Soft-shelled Turtle : Transfer From Appendix II to Appendix I India’s proposal for transferring Leith’s Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia leithi) from Appendix II to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) has been adopted by the Conference of Parties (CoP) to CITES in its 19th […]
Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’
Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’: Indian Air Force is conducting the Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’ from 28 November 2022 to 30 November 2022 at Air Force Station Agra. It aims to assess the efficacy of institutional Disaster Management structures and contingency measures and involves static and flying displays of various […]
Exercise Naseem Al Bahr 2022
Exercise Naseem Al Bahr 2022: The Indian Navy’s guided missile stealth frigate, INS Trikand, offshore patrol vessel, INS Sumitra, and Maritime Patrol Aircraft -Dornier, participated in the 13th Edition of the Indian Navy (IN) – Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) bilateral exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze). Ex-Naseem Al Bahr initiated in 1993, symbolises […]
Cryosphere Loss
Cryosphere Loss: At COP27, a broad coalition of 18 governments joined together to create a new high-level group ‘Ambition on Melting Ice (AMI) on Sea-level Rise and Mountain Water Resources’. The “AMI” group aims to ensure impacts of cryosphere loss is understood by political leaders and the public, and not only within mountain and polar […]
