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ISRO’s Venus Mission SHUKRAYAAN-1 could be postponed to 2031
An advisor to the space science programme recently said that the Indian Space Research Organisation is yet to receive approval…
First evidence of Solitary Wave near Mars found by Indian Scientists
A research team from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology…
What is Duty drawback scheme (DDS)?
Recently the GST authorities found that exporters are misusing the government’s duty drawback scheme (DDS) by claiming it along with…
Snow Leopard
Recently 4 snow leopards were spotted in a rare sighting in Himachal Pradesh. About Snow Leopard It is found in…
What is a Black Box/Flight Recorder?
Both black boxes from the crashed Yeti Airlines flight in Nepal have been discovered, Kathmandu airport officials said recently. Why…
Mayan Civilization
Recently, researchers have discovered the ruins of a large Mayan town buried beneath the rainforest while surveying northern Guatemala from…
Yakutsk city
Temperatures plunged to minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) recently in Russia's Yakutsk during an abnormally long cold snap in…
Default bail
What is a Default bail ? Recent, the Supreme Court said that grant of default bail will not operate as…
Advance Medical Directive/Living will
Recently, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court (SC) questioned the utility of executing an advanced medical directive in India…
India’s concerns regarding China’s proposed Medog Hydropower Project in Tibet
Concerns over China’s proposed 60,000 MW hydropower in Medog, Tibet are influencing the design of a proposed hydropower project in…