Scientists analysing a meteorite have discovered the oldest material known to exist on Earth. They found dust grains within the space rock - which fell to Earth in the 1960s - that are as much as 7.5 billion years old. The oldest of the dust grains were formed in stars that roared to life long ...

China operationalised the world’s largest radio telescope with a diameter of half-a-kilometre that the colossal device is expected to make major scientific discoveries in the coming years. The “Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope” (FAST) is a single-dish telescope and is located ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may impose heavy penalties on banks, and stipulate higher provisioning for stressed loans following a supervisory review of its June 7 circular. And, in a first-of-its-kind move, chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior management of banks could also be held ...

India and Bangladesh signed key agreements in the field of Information and Broadcasting at the Information and Broadcasting Minister’s meet 2020, in New Delhi. A formal co-production agreement was signed on the biopic of “BangaBandhu” which will be released during the birth centenary year of ...

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between South Central Zone of Indian Railways and State Bank of India for Doorstep Banking for direct pickup of earnings covering all 585 Railway stations over SCR Zone. The direct pick up of cash from all the railway stations on SCR as per the MoU ...

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 ...

Prime Minister unveiled a plaque at the site of original Port Jetties to commemorate 150 years of the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT). It was a privilege to be a part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the KoPT a historic symbol of the country's water power. This port has stood witness to many a ...

The government is in the process of acquiring around 200 aircraft to cope with the depleting aerial inventories of the Indian Air Force. The contract for HAL-manufactured 83 LCA Tejas Mark 1 A advanced fighter jets are in the final stages. Apart from these, Expression of Interest (EOI) has been ...

After the successful completion of the Phase 1 execution of NIC e office for 50000 users in 58 units, Indian Railways has signed MoU with RailTel, a miniratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, for the phase 2 of the project. In phase 2, RailTel will register 39000 users over 34 Railway divisions on ...

The World Future Energy Summit opens at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on 13 January, 2020, with around 35,000 people expected to attend from 170 countries. The four-day event, which is the largest of its kind according to organizers, will include exhibition and forum programs addressing ...