Indian origin scientist Rasik Ravindra has been elected as member of the United Nations Commissionon the Limits of Continental Shelf (CLCS) as India’s candidate for member of the...
The Maharashtra government has given nod to the proposal of bifurcation of Thane district which will make Palghar Maharashtra’s 36th district. This proposal has been pending for a long...
Researchers have found a massive reservoir of water three times the size of Earth’s oceans located hundreds of miles beneath the surface of the planet. Scientists from Northwestern University...
As per a report by Japanese Fisheries Agency, Japan has continued the hunting of whales and has killed 30 minke whales off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefacture (at its north-east...
Olympic gold medal winner The Netherlands defeated Australia in the title clash at the Kyocera Stadium, Hague (The Netherlands)to win the women’s hockey World Cup. Out of 13 women’s...
The Reserve Bank of India will soon come up with India’s first payments bank, which will offer deposit and payment services but not provide loans. This idea is...
Uganda’s foreign minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa has been unanimously elected as the President of the 193-membered United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He was in news recently for defending...
The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has given nod to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by 17 metres to 138.62 metres, which, on its completion, would...
As per a research conducted by Professor Matthew Gentzkow of University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Internet may actually not be responsible for the sharp decline...
The East India Company which had ventured into India in around 1600 AD for the purpose of trade and which later became the precursor of British rule in...
