Science & Technology

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 from the Indian government for

Science & Technology

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 (DST), has recently identified and

Economy Government Schemes

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 refunds of integrated goods and

Environment & Biodiversity Species in News

Snow Leopard

Recently 4 snow leopards were spotted in a rare sighting in Himachal Pradesh. About Snow Leopard It is found in the mountainous regions of central and southern

Science & Technology

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 in News Search teams retrieved

History & Culture

Mayan Civilization

Recently, researchers have discovered the ruins of a large Mayan town buried beneath the rainforest while surveying northern Guatemala from the air. Why in News?

Places in News

Yakutsk city

Temperatures plunged to minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) recently in Russia’s Yakutsk during an abnormally long cold snap in the Siberian city known as

Polity & Governance

Default bail

What is a Default bail ? Recent, the Supreme Court said that grant of default bail will not operate as an absolute bar to canceling

Polity & Governance

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 when a person is anyway

Environment & Biodiversity Places in News

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 Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district.