India’s telecommunication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) on January 17, 2020 from Kourou launch base, French Guiana by Ariane-5 VA-251. GSAT-30 is configured on ISRO’s enhanced I-3K Bus structure to provide communication services from ...

Raisina Dialogue 2020 has hold between January 14 and 16 promises to be a mega show amid presence of foreign ministers from across the globe. This year’s Dialogue titled ‘Navigating the Alpha Century’ is structured as a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral discussion, involving heads of states, ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will collaborate with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to produce an indigenous engine for the Saras light passenger aircraft being developed by it. The prototype version of the Saras, being developed by the CSIR’s ...

All S-400 air defence missile systems of Russia will be delivered to India by 2025. The production of S-400 missiles to be delivered to India has started. The S-400, an upgraded version of the S-300, had previously only been available to the Russian defence forces. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

Kuldeep Yadav took his 100th ODI wicket when he claimed the scalp of Australia's Alex Carey in the second ODI in Rajkot. Kuldeep has taken 58 matches to reach the milestone, overtaking Harbhajan Singh who took 76 matches to reach the milestone in 2003. He is the third fastest Indian bowler overall ...

WHO is releasing a list of urgent, global health challenges. This list, developed with input from our experts around the world, reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in core health priorities and systems. This puts lives, livelihoods and economies in jeopardy. ...

Coast Guards of India and Japan took part in a joint exercise 'Sahyog-Kaijin' off the Chennai coast as part of strengthening the bond of the two countries. One ship of the Japanese Coast Guard and four ships and an aircraft of the Indian Coast Guard took part in the exercise. The exercise marked ...

Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)celebrated its 5th Annual Day in New Delhi. The function was attended by Secretary WCD, Rabindra Panwar, alongwith other senior officials of the Ministry, its associated Statutory/Autonomous Bodies and representatives from the States and Union ...

“Gaganyaan” space astronauts will start their training this month, most likely in the third week of January. The training of the astronauts for India's first human space mission will take place in Russia.  Four astronauts have been identified for the mission. The four astronauts, shortlisted ...

Defence Secretary of India and Ministry of Defence of Finland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further defence cooperation between India and Finland. The MoU on co-operation in the field of Production, Procurement, Research and Development of Defence related Equipment and Industrial ...

Kaziranga National Park and avian specialists conducted the second wetland bird count on January 9-10. The teams counted a total of 19,225 birds belonging to 96 species under 80 families. The first waterfowl census in 2018 had yielded 10,412 birds covering 80 families from 21 families. Daily ...

Lohri day is celebrated on 13 January every year in India. People all across North India look forward to Lohri, an important harvest festival which is very popular in the region. Celebrated primarily by people of the Hindu and Sikh communities, Lohri holds a lot of significance and importance for ...