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`WHO Approves First Mpox Diagnostic Test

Source: TH  Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the first Mpox in vitro diagnostic under its Emergency Use Listing...

21 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

International Abhidhamma Divas

Source: PIB  Why in News?  Recently, India’s Prime Minister addressed a ceremony in celebration of International Abhidhamma Divas...

21 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Funga Taxonomic Kingdom

Source: DTE  Why in News?  Recently, Chile and the United Kingdom have prepared a proposal named ‘pledge for fungal...

21 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Presidential Visit to Malawi and Mauritania

Source: PIB Recently, India’s President visited Malawi and Mauritania. This is the first-ever visit by an Indian President to Malawi and...

21 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

NBWL Approves Road Expansion in Ladakh

Source: BS  Why in News?  The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has approved five key road stretches in Ladakh...

19 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Nonylphenol Ethoxylates and Nonylphenol

Source: TOI Why in News?  A report titled "Nonylphenol — An Endocrine Disrupting Chemical" was released by Toxics Link, an environmental...

19 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

First Chief Minister of J&K UT Takes Charge

Source: TH  Recently, Omar Abdullah of the National Conference was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the UT (union territory) of Jammu and...

19 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Increase in Global Public Debt by 2030

Source: TH According to the latest report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on fiscal policy, global public debt is expected to reach a...

19 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

NOTTO Initiatives

Source: IE  Recently, the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) issued key initiatives regarding cornea and tissue...

19 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly (WTSA-24)

Source: ET While addressing the inaugural sessions of the World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly (WTSA-24) and India Mobile Congress-2024,...

19 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Installation of X-Band Radar

Source: TH Why in News? Recently, the Ministry of Earth Sciences approved an X-band radar to be installed in Kerala’s Wayanad district after...

18 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

MQ-9B Drone Deal

Source: HT  Recently, India signed a defence deal worth USD 3.5 billion with the US to acquire 31 MQ-9B Predator armed drones for its armed...

18 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Anusandhan National Research Foundation’s PMECRG & MAHA-EV Mission

Source: PIB Recently, the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) announced the launch of its first two initiatives: the Prime Minister Early...

18 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

STARS Workshop of Education Ministry

Source: PIB  Recently, the Ministry of Education organized a two-day Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS)...

18 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Aurorae in Ladakh

Source: TH  Why in News?  Recently, auroras were sighted in lower-latitude regions (below 66.5 degrees north and south latitudes) like...

18 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Ossification Test

Source: IE  Why in News?  Recently, one of the individuals accused in the murder case of a political leader underwent an ossification...

17 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Tracing Roots of Ancient Indians

Source: IE Recently, the Indian government has undertaken a scientific study using ancient and modern genomics to determine the population history...

17 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

Source: HT   The Rajasthan forest department has stopped the illegal construction of a complex within the buffer zone of Ranthambore Tiger...

17 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Siberian Cranes, Flamingos and Great White Pelicans

Source: DTE Along with Siberian cranes and flamingos, Great white pelicans are increasingly avoiding Indian wetlands due to habitat...

17 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims

Nobel Prize for Economics 2024

Source: TH Why in News?  The Nobel Prize for Economics 2024 is awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson “for...

17 Oct 2024 Quick Facts For Prelims