India Ranks Third in Global Forest Area Gains

India has made great progress in protecting forests. From 2010 to 2020, 266,000 hectares of new forest will be added each year. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), this makes India the third country in the world in ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Who is Manolo Marquez, Head Coach of the Indian Football Team?

On July 20, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Manolo Marquez as the new head coach of the Indian men’s football team. He will officially assume the role after the conclusion of the 2024-25 Indian Super League (ISL) season. ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: Sports Current Affairs

BCCI Grants Rs 8.5 Crore for Indian Olympic Contingent

Jay Shah, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on July 20 that the BCCI would be giving Rs. 8.5 crore to help pay for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: Sports Current Affairs

ESA Prepares RAMSES Mission to Study Asteroid Apophis

The Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet broke up and hit Jupiter in 1994, which sparked a lot of interest in protecting planets. People talked about how to stop similar events from happening on Earth after this one. Planetary defense systems are getting ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Israel Approves Bill Declaring UNRWA a Terrorist Organization

The Israeli parliament (Knesset) gave preliminary support to a controversial bill on July 22, 2024, that would have called UNRWA a terrorist group. After being accused of working with Hamas, Israel has been campaigning against the UN agency, and this move ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

U-WIN Portal

The Indian government has made a 100-day health plan that includes U-WIN, an online platform for managing vaccines that aims to increase the number of children in the country who get vaccinated. U-WIN is about to go live across the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Mizoram’s Aizawl Became the Fourth Capital in Northeast India to gain Railway Connectivity

The city of Aizawl in Mizoram will be the fourth capital in Northeast India to have train service by July 2025. Currently, Guwahati, Agartala, and Naharlagun are all connected to the railway network. This makes it easier to get around ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

What are Rogue Waves?

Rogue waves, much bigger than the waves around them, have historically been very dangerous to ships and structures. Mathematicians at the University of Maryland have recently made progress that led to the creation of an artificial intelligence (AI) model that ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

National Flag Day on July 22

The Constituent Assembly of India officially accepted the National Flag on July 22, 1947. This was a big step in India’s journey to become free from colonial rule. This adoption was a sign of the hopes and togetherness of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Indian Astrophysicist Prahlad Agrawal Wins COSPAR Award 2024

Prahlad Chandra Agrawal, an eminent Indian astrophysicist, was awarded the COSPAR Harrie Massey Award 2024 at the 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Busan, South Korea, on July 15, 2024. The award recognizes his important contributions to space science and gives ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2024

Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News