World Bank Released International Debt Report: India’s total debt is around 81%, but most of it is domestic debt. India’s external debt is around 18.6% (around USD 624 billion at the end of March 2023), as per the RBI data. Public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) debt service payments by Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) reached […]
Tag: 25th Dec 2023
Press And Registration Of Periodicals Bill, 2023 : Passed In Parliament
Press And Registration Of Periodicals Bill, 2023 : Passed In Parliament The Parliament has passed the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, simplifying the title allotment and registration process for periodicals. The new law aims to expedite the title registration process, reducing the time from 2-3 years to just 60 days, benefiting small and […]
R21/Matrix-M Vaccine : WHO Prequalification
R21/Matrix-M Vaccine : WHO Prequalification In a significant development in the global fight against malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines. It was developed by Oxford University and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, this vaccine holds promise in preventing malaria in […]
The Post Office Bill, 2023
The Post Office Bill, 2023: The Post Office Bill, 2023 aims to repeal the Indian Post Office Act, 1898, which has been in existence for 125 years. The Act regulates India Post, a departmental undertaking of the central government. The Bill contains provisions that allow the Centre to intercept, open, or detain any item, and […]
BRAHMA-2D : Indigenous River Model
BRAHMA-2D : Indigenous River Model Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) recently developed an indigenous river model, BRAHMA-2D. BRAHMA-2D (Braided River Aid: Hydro-Morphological Analyzer) is a mathematical model to gauge the flow of large braided rivers like the Brahmaputra. It is a quasi-3D river flow model which helps to understand how […]
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards For Cultural Heritage Conservation 2023
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards For Cultural Heritage Conservation 2023: Three heritage projects from Punjab and Haryana have secured prestigious spots among the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2023. UNESCO seeks to encourage private sector involvement and public-private collaboration in conserving the region’s cultural heritage for the benefit of current and future generations. Since 2000, […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tool : Watsonx.ai
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tool : Watsonx.ai At the recent COP28, NASA and IBM announced that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool called watsonx.ai would be available on the open-source AI platform Hugging Space. watsonx.ai is an Artificial Intelligence tool jointly built by IBM and NASA. It will help users monitor the Earth from space, measuring environmental […]
Project PRAYAS
Project PRAYAS: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launched Project PRAYAS to help Indian workers and students migrate in a secure, orderly, and regular manner. Promoting Regular Assisted Migration for Youth and Skilled Professionals (PRAYAS) was launched in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). It is one of the first attempts to consolidate […]
UNESCO’s Prix Versailles Award
UNESCO’s Prix Versailles Award: Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Bengaluru has earned prestigious accolades at UNESCO’s 2023 Prix Versailles. UNESCO’s Prix Versailles is announced each year at UNESCO since 2015. The Prix Versailles awards celebrate outstanding achievements in architecture and design on a global scale. It focuses on intelligent sustainability as a cultural driver, acknowledging innovation, […]
Turquet’s octopus
Turquet’s octopus: Recent research published in the journal Science, unveiled a surprising connection between the movements of Turquet’s octopuses and the stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet. Turquet’s octopus is a species of benthicoctopus with a circumpolar Antarctic distribution. The species has a wide depth range, occurring from shallow waters to 4,000 m deep. […]
