A deal has been signed between Saudi Arabia's state-run oil company Aramco and Indian public sector oil companies to build a $60-billion oil refinery in Maharashtra. Regarding the opportunities, India started with Aramco. It has taken a decision to build a refinery and it is a huge investment, ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released ‘Emissions Gap Report’, according to which India is the fourth-largest emitter of Green House Gases (GHGs). The world will fail to meet the 1.5°C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.6 per ...

The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) is organizing a NuGen Mobility Summit, 2019, at Manesar, NCR, from 27th to 29th November 2019. The objective of the Summit is to share new ideas, learnings, global experiences, innovations and future technology trends for faster adoption, ...

Cabinet Committee approved to increase the authorized capital of Food Corporation of India (FCI) to Rs.10,000 crore from Rs.3,500 crore. With the increase of authorized capital, additional equity capital can be infused in FCI through union budget, to fund the food grains stock, perpetually held by ...

The Assam government has banned the gutka, pan masala and chewing materials containing tobacco and nicotine for a period of one year in the state under Clause (A) of Sub-Section 2 of Section 30 of the Food Safety & Security Act, 2006. The prohibition has been made under the regulations of 2, 3 ...

The Indian Army has inducted anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMS) Spike along the LoC in northern command theatre in Jammu and Kashmir to bolster defence along the country's border with Pakistan. This ATGMS are made in Israel which are known as the "fire and forget" missiles. The Spike ATGMs are ...

A non-venomous burrowing new species of snake has been found in Arunachal Pradesh which name is Trachischium apteii. It was found under fallen logs inside a thickly forested area of the Tally Valley Wildlife Sanctuary near the town of Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh during a field expedition by ...

Lok Sabha has passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with the objective to make the National Institute of Design (NID) in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh as the institutions of national importance. This bill was passed in Rajya Sabha on ...

Suman Billa, the former director and secretary of Kerala Tourism has appointed as director, technical cooperation and silk road development at D1 level of United Nations World Tourism Organisation. It aims to promote a responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Daily Current ...

IIT Jodhpur has developed a catalytic converter for cars using Rajasthani clay which will be cheaper and more effective in reducing pollution. The catalytic converter is a device which is fitted to a vehicle’s exhaust to reduce the pollutants coming from it. This catalytic converter was developed ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation has launched advanced earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 other commercial nano-satellites for the US from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. CARTOSAT-3 is the ninth in the series. This was the 74th launch ...

India and Saudi Arabia has signed MoU in the field of combating illicit trafficking and smuggling of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Chemical Precursors. Illegal Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade. Massive production and circulation of drugs through various convenient routes ...