New rules to allow financially sound state government entities to borrow directly from other countries which give Official Development Assistance for major infrastructure projects Details of the decision Union Cabinet…

Ending VIP culture, the Centre has decided no vehicles will have beacons except those of emergency services such as fire brigade and ambulance. Key Facts The cabinet chaired by Prime…

Scientists have developed the first global Internet Atlas  including a detailed map of the internets physical structure in India an advance that could help guard the infrastucture from terrorism or…

Australia will abolish a popular work visa used by over 95,000 foreign workers, a majority of them Indians. What is the 457 visa ? The 457-visa is a temporary work…

The number of Indians in the US searching for jobs in India has surged 10-fold since December as Donald Trump moved to tighten US visa policy.  More Indians living in…

The with a new policy under which a common duct will be laid across a city and service providers such as telcos and digital TV players can lease these ducts…

The Supreme Court today exempted disabled persons from standing during playing of the national anthem before screening of a film. Background The apex court had made it mandatory to play…

India is likely to get ‘normal’ monsoon rains, according to the first official forecast of the season by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Key Facts on Monsoon Forecast Rains are…

Historic Channakeshava temple in Belur — a masterpiece of Hoysala architecture — has turned 900 this year. Channakeshava Temple The Channakeshava temple was built between 1106 and 1117. It was…

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s ‘killed Zika virus vaccine’ using an African strain has shown 100% efficacy against mortality and disease in animal studies. A ‘killed virus vaccine’ or ‘inactivated vaccine’ contains virus…