Taxes on jet fuel choking airlines: IATA Why in news? Taxes on jet fuel in India along with lack of competition for fuel suppliers at airports is strangling the lifeblood from the airlines, International...
U.S., India may not sign security pact at 2+2 meet Why in news? 2+2 dialogue between India and the USA is scheduled to be held on the 6th of September. What is 2+2 Dialogue?...
Project Navlekha Why in news? Google has unveiled Project Navlekha to make online content relevant for more Indian users especially in local languages. About Project Navlekha Google is using its expertise in artificial intelligence...
Regulations for Drones Why in news? The government has announced the Drone Regulations 1.0. These regulations will enable the safe, commercial usage of drones starting December 1, 2018. They are intended to enable visual...
FSSAI notifies standards for honey & its products Why in news? The regulator FSSAI has come out with food safety standards for honey and its products, in a bid to curb adulteration. What are...
NCRB to track complaints on sexual violence Why in news? A high-level meeting was recently convened to discuss recommendations on ways to curb “sexual violence” videos involving women and children. What was decided in...
Ease of Living Index Why in news? Mangaluru city has ranked 41st in the country and top in the State in the Ease of Living Index 2018 released by the Union Ministry of Housing...
NASA launches probe to ‘touch’ Sun Why in news? NASA launched a $1.5 billion spacecraft toward the Sun on a historic mission to protect the earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms....
Restricted Area Permit (RAP) regime Why in news? The Union government has decided to exclude 29 inhabited Andaman & Nicobar Islands from the Restricted Area Permit (RAP) regime, subject to certain conditions, to boost...
Scrub typhus is key encephalitis cause in eastern U.P.: study Why in news? Three years of data from Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College has confirmed that the majority of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome...
