India has assured Sri Lanka of its support at the UN Human Rights Council, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary JayanathColombage has said, just days before member countries vote on a new resolution on the island nation’s rights record. India’s Ministry of External Affairs declined to comment on the Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary’s …

Chief Justice of India agreed with advocate Prashant Bhushan recently to urgently hear a plea by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms to stay the sale of a new set of electoral bonds on April 1, before the Assembly elections in crucial States such as West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Responding to an …

Scientists have developed a classification method based on Deep Learning (DL) network to evaluate hormone status for prognosis of breast cancer. The proposed framework is a reliable alternative to manual methods for automatic grading systems used to determine scoring of estrogen receptor status for predicting progression of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the …

The second edition of Indo-Uzbekistan Joint Field Training Exercise, EXERCISE DUSTLIK-IIculminated on Friday, 19 March 2021, after 10 days of mutual learning. In the joint exercise which began on 10 Mar 2021, training was focused on Counter Insurgency / Counter Terrorism operations in urban scenario as well as sharing of expertise …

Recently, the Union Minister of State Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) said that connectivity is an important element of Act East Policy. Important points: The ‘Act East Policy’ announced in November, 2014 is the upgrade of the “Look East Policy”. It is a diplomatic initiative to promote economic, strategic and cultural relations with the vast Asia-Pacific region at different …

A carcass of a five-year-old tigress was found in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (Uttar Pradesh). About: It is located in Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. It was notified as Tiger Reserve in 2014. In 2020, it bagged international award TX2 for doubling up the number of tigers in the past four years. It forms …

On the commencement of the ‘AzadiKaAmritMahotsav (India@75)’, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has proposed about 392 routes under UDAN 4.1 bidding process. About UDAN 4.1: The UDAN 4.1 focuses on connecting smaller airports, along with special helicopter and seaplane routes. Some new routes have been proposed under the Sagarmala Seaplane services Sagarmala Seaplane …

The World Air Quality Report, prepared by Swiss organisationIQAir, mentions that 22 of the top 30 most polluted cities globally are in India. The Report aggregated PM2.5 data from 106 countries. PM 2.5 It is an atmospheric particulate matter of diameter of fewer than 2.5 micrometres, which is around 3% the diameter of a human hair. …

Making a case for an upgrade in India’s sovereign rating, former New Development Bank president K.V. Kamath recently said the new development finance institution (DFI) cleared by the Union Cabinet must be careful about preventing ‘excessive reliance’ on foreign funds. K.v. Kamath: With all the efforts that the government is making, the sovereign …

The U.S. has sought to build strength before engaging China later this week and the Quad summit is an example of this. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan are scheduled to meet China’s Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi and …