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Context: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister for State for the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Science provided a written reply in Lok Sabha on Automated Weather Systems. The Reply in Brief: The India Meteorological … Read more
The Uddhav Thackeray Cabinet on Wednesday (June 29) evening approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad city, which is named after the previous ruler of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, as Dharashiv. … Read more
According to a media report, the Kuwait government has decided to arrest and deport an unspecified number of expats who took part in a protest against two former BJP functionaries’ controversial remarks about Prophet Muhammad, … Read more
At the Dinosaur Fossil National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, a team of researchers from the University of Delhi discovered a unique set of fossilized dinosaur eggs, one nesting within the other. While eggs-within-eggs … Read more
Racial Purity Study: Over a hundred leading biologists, historians, anthropologists, and intellectuals have signed a letter to the Ministry of Culture objecting to its alleged plans to fund a study of “genetic similarities and differences … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously voted on Wednesday to raise the policy repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90 percent, with immediate effect, in line with its policy … Read more
In the presence of the two Defense Ministers, India and Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on mutual logistics support on Wednesday during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to the Southeast Asian nation. “The … Read more
UN Official on controversial remarks: A representative for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “we firmly promote respect and tolerance for all religions” in the wake of harsh criticism from numerous Muslim countries over remarks … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told COVID-19 orphans who received benefits under the PM CARES Programmes for Children on Monday, “Maa Bharati is with all of you.” Mr. Modi also wrote the recipients an emotive personal … Read more
In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, India has issued a warning about the “heightened” threat of biological and chemical weapons misuse and has urged the international community to address the rapid evolution of proliferation … Read more