1. Economy IMF releases World Economic Outlook report IMF has recently released its latest World Economic Outlook report. As per the report: the outlook for South Asian countries has been downgraded the outlook for Asian and Global economies has been higher than expected India is expected to grow at 12.5% Read more…
Science and Technology NASA’s Odyssey completes 20 years Odyssey is NASA’s spacecraft which is the longest lasting spacecraft in Mars till date. On the 20th anniversary of Odyssey, NASA released an image taken by it titled, “Blue Dunes on the Red Planet”. The dunes captured by the spacecraft were bigger Read more…
Art and Culture Nomadland wins 4 awards at BAFTA Awards BAFTA stands for British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Nomadland won the BAFTA award for best picture, best director, best actress and best cinematography. Chloe Zhao became the first woman of colour and the second woman to win a Read more…
National Affairs GoI to launch National Programme on Artificial Intelligence A National Programme on Artificial Intelligence is going to be launched by the Government of India. In this programme, high value datasets in PSUs will be identified and put under an Artificial Intelligence control framework to increase their safety and Read more…
Art and Culture Hindi Translation of Odisha Itihaas Released Hindi translation of “Odisha Itihaas” was released by PM Modi The book was written by Utkal Keshari Dr Harekrushna Mahatab when he was in Ahemadnagar jail. He was a freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Odisha. Science and Technology Read more…
Science and Technology Scientists Develop Robo Plant technology Scientists in Singapore have developed Robo Plant, a technology to interact with plants It interacts with plants by linking plants to electrodes. Through this technology, plants can be controlled through the smartphone and used by farmers to detect diseases and various other Read more…
Environment India H2 Alliance formed Major players of the global energy industry have come together to form a new coalition called the India H2 Alliance to boost hydrogen technologies in India. It will aim to boost the hydrogen economy and supply chain in India. The initiative was started by Reliance Read more…
Economy RXIL achieves record monthly throughput RXIL is the Receivables Exchange of India. Recently it has become the first TReDS platform to cross a monthly throughput of Rs 1000 crores. TReDS is an electronic platform that supports financing of MSMEs through multiple financiers. The increase in monthly throughput indicates economic Read more…
Environment India achieves new record in ethanol fuel blending Ethanol is added to fuels like petrol as it helps easy and complete combustion of the fuel and is a renewable fuel. India aims to achieve 10% blending by 2022. In this year, it has achieved its highest level of 7.2%. Read more…
Economy World in 2030: Public Survey Report published The World in 2030: Public Survey Report was published by UNESCO As per the report, some of the biggest challenges to peaceful societies of 2030 are: Climate Change, Violence and Conflict, Loss of Biodiversity Discrimination and inequality Lack of food, water and Read more…