International weather agencies have predicted an El Nino event in the second half of 2017 According to latest updates from US state agency NOAA and its funded institutions this week, gives a 50-55% chance of…
INS Tillanchang commissioned at Karwar INS Tillanchang, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, at Karwar. INS…
India’s Chandrayaan found by NASA Scientists India’s first lunar probe – the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft – which was considered lost, is still orbiting the Moon, Nasa scientists have found by using a new ground-based radar technique….
The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016 passed by Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha passed a Bill to amend a 49-year-old law to guard against claims of succession or transfer of properties left by people…
Salient features of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated GST Bills, as finalised by the GST Council i) A state-wise single registration for a taxpayer for filing returns, paying taxes, and to…
Lok Sabha Passes the Admiralty Bill,2016 The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016 was passed by the Lok Sabha. The Bill aims to establish a legal framework to consolidate the existing laws…
North Korea using Africa to evade weapons sanctions The annual report by a U.N. panel of experts on North Korea states that North Korean weapons barred by U.N. sanctions ended up in the hands of…
Pakistan Parliament has passed landmark Bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus. Pakistan’s Hindus are set to get an exclusive personal law to regulate marriages after the National Assembly unanimously adopted the Hindu Marriage Bill,…
TB Bacterium isn’t yet part of deadly superbug list Of the estimated 10.4 million new tuberculosis cases globally in 2015, nearly 0.5 million were multi-drug-resistant (MDR). Another one million were resistant to rifampicin drug alone….
HDFC Bank introduces India’s first AI driven chat-bot HDFC Bank announced the launch of an electronic virtual assistant (EVA), an artificial intelligence-driven chatbot, for customer services. Eva is India’s first AI-based banking chatbot and can…