China Becomes First Country in Asia to Launch Hydrogen Powered Train: China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd. Launched a hydrogen urban train, and it is the first in Asia and the second such train in the world. Germany introduced green trains a few months back. The hydrogen trains have a speed of 160 km per ...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk Becomes First Person Ever to Lose $200 Billion: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Twitter, became the first person to have $200 billion removed from his net worth. Elon Musk has seen a drop of up to $137 billion in his wealth after a recent drop in Tesla Shares. The shares of his ...

India assume the charge of the Wassenaar Arrangement : As on January 1, 2023, India will preside over the Wassenaar Arrangement's plenary for a year. In Vienna, Austria, on November 30 and December 1, 2022, at the WA's 26th annual Plenary, Ambassador Eoin O'Leary of Ireland handed over the ...

India and Pakistan Exchange Lists of Nuclear Assets and Prison Inmates: Despite their bilateral relations being at an all-time low, India and Pakistan exchanged names of nuclear installations that cannot be struck in the case of hostilities, maintaining a tradition that dates back to 1992. The two ...

International Year of millets 2023: The Government of India sponsored the proposal for International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 which was accepted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The declaration has been essential for the Indian government's leadership in IYM celebrations. PM ...

IIT Guwahati, Bombay, European join hands to check Indian water quality: IIT Guwahati and Bombay have joined hands with European universities to develop a technology to check the quality of potable and other water in India. The LOTUS Indo-European project is an initiative of the Dept ...

Indian Firm Bags Consultancy Contract for Bangladesh Port: An Indian company has won a contract to provide consulting services for a project to enhance capacity at Mongla port, Bangladesh's second-largest seaport, which will improve sub-regional connections in South Asia. The contract was signed ...

India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Comes into Force: The Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement between India and Australia will go into effect on December 29. On April 2, 2022, India and Australia signed the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA). ECTA is the ...

International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2022: The goal of December 27's International Day of Epidemic Preparedness is to raise awareness of epidemics. This day encourages every individual, every institution, and every government to prepare its citizens in an appropriate manner and in accordance ...

Best Cuisines of the World: India is ranked fifth on the global list of the best cuisines for 2022, according to Taste Atlas. Votes from the audience for ingredients, dishes, and beverages are used to determine the ranking. The food of Italy came in first, followed by that of Greece and Spain. ...