Polity
Panchayat Index: Rural Progress, Governance Data
Why in news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj released the second edition of the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0, a data‑driven framework that r...
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Why in news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj released the second edition of the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0, a data‑driven framework that r...
Why in news? Palaeontologists in Australia unearthed fossils of a toothed platypus species called Obdurodon insignis from a site near Lake Pinpa in So...
Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy carried out the first salvo launch of the Naval Anti‑Ship ...
Why in news? The sacred relics excavated from the Piprahwa Stupa in Uttar Pradesh were flown to Ladakh for public veneration. The relics were escorted...
Why in news? The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) announced an Aadhaar‑based portal called E‑PRAAPTI to help workers trace old prov...
Why in news? Defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) met in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The meeting drew attention to...
Why in news? The Indian Army announced a new multilateral military exercise called Exercise Pragati (Partnership of Regional Armies for Growth and Tra...
Why in news? Entomologists have identified two previously unknown firefly species in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. The species are named Diaphane...
Why in news? The Rajasthan High Court has overturned a decision by the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) that denied wildlife clearance to the Taj Am...
Why in news? Scientists and environmentalists have warned that light pollution is threatening the famously dark night skies of Chile’s Atacama Deser...
Why in news? Archaeologists at the Pompeii Archaeological Park have used artificial intelligence to reconstruct the face and last moments of a man who...
Why in news? A fossil bed dating back to the Holocene epoch has been discovered in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. Union Environment Minister Bhup...
