National
Maharashtra becomes first state to draft law for internal security
Maharashtra became the first state in the country to draft its own internal security legislation The Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act (MPISA), 2016................Read More
International
PM Narendra Modi, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani jointly inaugurate the restored Stor Palace in Kabul
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani jointly tele-inaugurated the restored Stor Palace in Kabul.................Read More
BRICS Women Parliamentarians forum passes Jaipur Declaration
BRICS Women Parliamentarians forum has unanimously passed the Jaipur Declaration on the concluding day of the Forum’s meeting held in Jaipur. ................Read More
Awards
Hindi author Sunita Jain conferred with Vyas Samman award 2015
Hindi scholar and writer Sunita Jain was conferred with the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015. She was presented with the award by West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi.................Read More
National Sports Awards 2016
The Union Government bestows National Sports Awards every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports in India.................Read More
New Appointments
VP Singh Badnore sworn in as Punjab Governor
VP Singh Badnore (69) has sworn in as the new Governor Punjab and also as Administrator of Chandigarh.................Read More
Manjula Chellur sworn in as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
Justice Manjula Chellur has sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. She succeeded CJ Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela who has retired.................Read More
Death
SR Nathan: former longest-serving Singapore President of Indian-origin passes away
Indian-origin former Singapore President S.R. Nathan passed away days after suffering a stroke. He was 92.................Read More
Science and Technology
For the first time scientists predict brain activity patterns
For the first time, researchers have decoded and predicted the brain activity patterns of word meanings within sentences.................Read More
Scientists for first time develop laser from fluorescent jellyfish proteins
Scientists for the first time have developed LASER (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) from fluorescent jellyfish proteins that were grown in bacteria.................Read More
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