New Rules For Online Gaming: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has recently notified the final rules for online gaming. Every state in India, except Goa, Sikkim, and the Union Territory of Daman explicitly prohibits any sort of gambling, betting or wagering on games of chance. Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu […]
Tag: 11th Apr 2023
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO Project
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO Project: LIGO is an international network of laboratories. It aims to detect the ripples in spacetime produced by the movement of large celestial objects. LIGO-India is a collaborative project between a consortium of Indian research institutions and the LIGO Laboratory in the USA, along with its international partners. It […]
World Health Day 2023
World Health Day 2023: Every Year on 7th April World Health Day is celebrated. The date of 7 April marks the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organisation in 1948. World Health Day was conceived at the First Health Assembly in 1948 and it came into effect in 1950. It is celebrated annually and […]
Great Nicobar Island Project
Great Nicobar Island Project: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a stay on the Great Nicobar Island project worth ₹72,000 crore and created a committee to review the environmental clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Great Nicobar Island Project is a mega project to be implemented at the southern […]
Genome India Project
Genome India Project: Government aims to sequence 10,000 genomes by the end of the year 2023 under the Genome India Project (GIP). The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology has sequenced close to 7,000 genomes and 3,000 of these are already available for public access Genome India Project is a scientific initiative inspired […]
125th Anniversary Celebrations Of Sri Ramakrishna Math
125th Anniversary Celebrations Of Sri Ramakrishna Math: The Prime Minister of India participated in the 125th Anniversary celebrations of Sri Ramakrishna Math at Vivekananda House in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Ramakrishna Movement was initiated by Swami Vivekananda to spread the universal message of Vedanta in the light of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa. He was a teacher of […]
5th Cycle Of The All India Tiger Estimation : Report
5th Cycle Of The All India Tiger Estimation : Report Prime Minister recently released the summary report of the 5th cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation. Highlights of the 5th cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation: India’s tiger population rose by 200 in the past four years to reach 3,167 in 2022. According […]
Meraj-532 : Iran
Meraj-532 : Iran Iran recently tested a homemade long-range, high-precision kamikaze drone named Meraj-532, equipped with a 50-kg warhead. Meraj-532 is a kamikaze drone equipped with a piston engine. It has a range of 450 km. It is capable of flying at a maximum altitude of 12,000 feet for three straight hours. It has a […]
