The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), India’s food standards regulatory authority, has advised food vendors and consumers to stop using newspapers for food packaging and storage due…
Read MoreAs per the data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) India’s current account deficit (CAD) rosed to $9.2 billion in the first quarter(April-June) of 2023-24. It amounted to…
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Japanese scientists, in a study published in the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters, confirmed the presence of microplastics in clouds, where they are likely affecting theclimate in ways that are not…
Read MoreWorld Heart Day was first founded in 1999 with the World Heart Federation (WHF) collaborating with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The idea of an annual event was conceived by…
Read MoreBorn: September 28, 1907; Executed on March 23, 1931 Publications: Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse, The Jail Notebook And Other Writings, Ideas of a Nation. Associations: Naujawan Bharat…
Read MoreThe foreign ministers of the Quad nations–Australia, India, Japan and the United States–met in New York on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. reaffirmed their…
Read MoreAn equinox is a day when the sun is in its apex over the Equator, and the Earth experiences days and nights of generally equal length. There are two equinoxes in a year:…
Read MoreThe Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala — the famed Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid and Somananthpura in Karnataka have been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…
Read MoreIn its first-ever report, the World Health Organization (WHO) shows approximately 4 out of every 5 people with hypertension are not adequately treated, but if countries can scale up coverage,…
Read MoreThe government has announced a ‘Special Session of Parliament’ from Sept 18-22. The Constitution does not mention the term “special session.” However, Article 352 (Proclamation of Emergency) of the…
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