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. ...

Forbes annual list highest-paid female athletes:  Forbes annual list: The only Indian athlete to rank in the top 25 of Forbes' annual list of the world's highest-paid female athletes is badminton superstar PV Sindhu. The silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Sindhu, is ...

British magazine’s list of 50 greatest actors: Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan has become the only Indian to be named in an international list of 50 greatest actors of all time by a prominent British magazine. The 57-year-old actor is listed alongside Hollywood heavyweights like Denzel ...

INSV Tarini to participate in 50th edition of Cape Town to Rio Race 2023: INSV Tarini has set sail for an expedition to Cape Town, South Africa for participating in the 50th edition of Cape to Rio Race 2023. This ocean sailing race will be flagged off on 2nd January, 2023 from Cape Town and will ...

Harvard University named Claudine Gay as first black president: Claudine Gay, a dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was chosen the new president of Harvard University. She is the first African American to hold the post at the prestigious university. Gay, 52, is just the second woman to be ...

Indian-origin Leo Varadkar is new Prime Minister of Ireland: Indian-origin As part of a job-sharing agreement, Ireland's centrist coalition government has elected Leo Varadkar to a second term as prime minister. His appointment was confirmed when he received the seal of office from President ...