About a fifth of world’s food lost due to over eating and wastage – Study Almost 20% of the food made available to consumers worldwide is lost through over-eating or wastage, according to a new…
TRAPPIST-1 TRAPPIST-1, also designated as 2MASS J23062928-0502285 is an ultra-cool dwarf star that is slightly larger but much more massive than the planet Jupiter, located 39.5 ly (12.1 pc) from the Sun in the constellation…
Shurhozelie Liezietsu takes oath as Chief Minister of Nagaland Shurhozelie Liezietsu is the 11th Chief Minister of the State. Mr. Liezietsu, who heads a 12-member Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) Ministry, was administered the oath…
President of India inaugurates international conference on ‘Bharat Bodh’ The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated an international conference on ‘Bharat Bodh’ (Idea of Bharat) organized by the Indira Gandhi National Open University and…
Reduction in number of registers to be maintained under labour laws to 5 from 56 The government has reduced the number of registers to be maintained under labour laws to 5 from 56 for 58.5…
India and Rwanda Sign 3 MOUs India and Rwanda on Monday signed MoUs for promoting innovation, easing visa requirements and boosting air connectivity between the two countries. The countries will set up an entrepreneurship development…
First multilateral deal agreed at the World Trade Organization (WTO) comes into force The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) has now been ratified by 112 of the WTO’s 164 members, crossing the two-thirds threshold needed for…
Sikkim becomes 22nd State to join UDAY State to derive an Overall Net Benefit of approximately Rs. 207 crores through UDAY The Government of India and the State of Sikkim signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts India’s (GDP) growth to over 8% post adoption of GST The adoption of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) could help raise India’s medium-term gross domestics product (GDP) growth to…
India becomes World’s Largest Arms Importer India was the world’s largest importer of major arms in the last five years and its overseas procurement was far greater than that of China and Pakistan as per…