Current Affairs November 2020

Indian economy contracts by 7.5% in Q2

India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted 7.5% in the second quarter of 2020-21, following the…

Motor Vehicle Aggregators Guidelines-2020

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020…

Road Transport Ministry Revises BIS Standards for Two-Wheeler Helmets in India

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a press brief which says that…

National Organ Donation Day 2020

National Organ Donation Day is observed every year from the past 10 years on 27…

Prakash Javadeker launched India Climate Change Knowledge Portal

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar launched the India Climate Change Knowledge…

India’s push for gender equity in science

One of the focuses of the new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, currently being drafted…

Brereton War Crimes Report

The Australian army moved to discharge 13 soldiers in connection with a recent report that…

What is a climate emergency?

New Zealand’s government will decide next week if a climate emergency should be declared in…

The accused in Hathras rape case to undergo brain fingerprinting

A team of CBI officers probing the alleged rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit…

Blue tide spotted at Mumbai beaches

The visitors to beaches in Maharashtra have witnessed the spectacle of a fluorescent bluish glow…