Media Access Control (MAC) Binding
After seven months, the use of social media was allowed in Jammu and Kashmir with an order laying down the...
Month: March 2020
Coronavirus lockdown | Air quality improves in over 90 cities
With a nationwide lockdown in place, over 90 cities, including Delhi, recorded minimal air pollution in the last few days....
Indian Navy executes ‘Operation Sankalp’ for Gulf region amid rising US, Iran tension
Indian Navy spokesperson posted a tweet saying that INS Chennai & INS Sunayna have been deployed in the Gulf of...
NASA’s Artemis mission, and the Indian American in its new astronaut cohort
NASA wants to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon by the year 2024, which it...
Genome India Project
The Government of India has cleared a gene-mapping project called “Genome India” recently. What is a genome? A genome is...
Govt Announces 11 Chairs in the Name of Eminent Women Scientists
On the occasion of National Science Day on 28 February , Government has announced 11 chairs in the name of...
Herd immunity
Herd immunity is when a large number of people are vaccinated against a disease, lowering the chances of others being...
What is Blue Flag tag?
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has identified 13 beaches across the country for the Blue Flag certification....
Protecting Power:Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
An American drone has killed Iranian military and intelligence commander Major General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad (capital of Iraq). The...
ROPAX Service
The Ministry of Shipping has launched a roll on-roll off cum passenger ferry service, called ‘ROPAX’, between Mumbai and Mandwa (Maharashtra). ROPAX service is a water transport...
Folk Dances of India
Performed for any societal celebrations in villages, for any harvests of food or any celebrations. No particular complex steps to...
Telemedicine Service Platform: eSanjeevani
The telemedicine service platforms of the Ministry of Health & FamilyWelfare i.e. ‘eSanjeevani’ and ‘eSanjeevaniOPD’ have completed 1.5 lakh tele-consultations....
Heritage in peril: Neknampur lake turns a floating dump
Several plants on this floating island play the part of cleaning the lake by absorbing dissolved nutrients and pollutants such...
National Supercomputing Mission
Recently, a Right to Information (RTI) reply has revealed that India has produced just three supercomputers since 2015 under the...