President Pranab Mukherjee said on January 25 that simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the State assemblies could substantially re...

The government announced   Padma awards   to citizens of the country in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres...

India signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates that allows the Gulf nation to fill half of an underground crude oil storage facility at...

The fragmented forests of the highest ranges of the Western Ghats have revealed a secret that is music to the ears of naturalists. Researc...

Outdoor caged trials to demonstrate the efficiency of genetically modified mosquitoes to suppress wild female   Aedes aegypti   mosquito p...

Prime Minister   Narendra Modi   today highlighted strategic significance of India-UAE relations for both countries. India is hosting Abu ...

A major international index of corruption and transparency has placed India on the watch list for its inability to curb mega corruption sc...

A team from the Union Ministry of Urban Development will visit Tirunelveli Corporation on February 1 to study the successful strategy of d...

The Supreme Court on January 25 agreed to hear a plea by the Animal Welfare Board of India, Compassion Unlimited Plus Action and animal ri...

Pakistan on Jan 23 conducted the first flight test of long range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ababeel. It claimed that the missile...

Pinaka rockets, with a guidance system and an enhanced range, were successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandip...

The report of an analysis done by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on the income of national parties was recently released. ...

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to ratify the Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol on containing the emission of Green ...

The Union Cabinet has given its post-facto approval for the launch of the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017.   Key facts: The schem...

The Union Cabinet has approved the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Bill, 2017, under which the IIMs would be declared as Institution...

National Action Plan for Children, 2016 (NPAC) was recently launched at a special function held to celebrate the National Girl Child Day i...

The CMs Committee on Digital Payments led by the convener and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Chandra Babu Naidu has submitted the int...

The flight-trial of India's long range, strategic ballistic missile, Agni-IV, on Jan 2, from a road-mobile launcher on Abdul Kalam Is...

The atomic clock was programmed to add an extra second to 2017 to compensate for a slowdown in the Earth’s rotation. Details: A ‘leap ...

Researchers have shown that the regulation of G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) by new drugs can be simpler than generally thought — it ...