Mumbai's century-old museum is part of the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai’s World Heritage property. It was established as the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India in 1922.
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Mumbai's century-old museum is part of the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai’s World Heritage property. It was established as the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India in 1922.
The scientists revived and characterized 13 new pathogens, what they termed ‘Zombie Viruses’, and found that they remained infectious despite spending many millennia trapped in the frozen ground.
Adani group has put in a Rs. 5,069 crore bid for the redevelopment of one of the largest slum sprawls in the world, outbidding DLF which had quoted Rs. 2,035 crores.
Bharat Biotech’s intranasal vaccine is to be used as a heterologous booster dose against the currently available COVID-19 vaccines.
Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii had last erupted in March and April of 1984 and had sent a flow of lava within 5 miles (8.05 km) of Hilo, Hawaii’s largest city.
Palestine Cultural Day: Know some facts about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which started in the mid-20th century.
India’s first Integrated Rocket Design, Manufacturing, and Testing Facility, by Skyroot Aerospace facility, will be based in Telangana.
India and Egypt are also celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this year.
PT Usha is set to become the first woman President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as the former Indian Sprinter emerged as the lone candidate for the top post for the elections to be held on December 10, 2022.
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Anwar Ibrahim will be sworn in as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia. The General Election ended in an unprecedented hung parliament with neither of the two main alliances, one led by Anwar and the other by the ex-premier Muhyiddin Yassin, immediately able to secure enough seats.
Arittapatti Village being declared Tamil Nadu’s first biodiversity heritage site will strengthen the biodiversity and conservation efforts with the participation of local communities.
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards is given in four categories- Water Adventure, Land Adventure, Air Adventure, and Lifetime Achievement.
Film Bazaar, the largest South Asian Film market organized on the sidelines of the 53rd International Film Festival of India encourages creative and financial collaboration between the South Asian and International Film Communities.
Champions of the Earth Award is given in various categories and India’s Purnima Devi Barman received it in the Entrepreneurial Vision Category, for leading the ‘Hargila Army’.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been subjected to intense criticism over his recent interview in which he criticized the Manchester United club over a number of issues.
The National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping will act as a technological arm of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways for providing the needed support on Policy, Research, and Cooperation on Green Shipping areas for Ports, DG Shipping, CSL, and other institutions.
Indian Table Tennis Player Manika Batra defeated World No. 6 Hina Hayata of Japan in the Asian Cup 2022 women’s singles bronze medal match in Bangkok, Thailand.
Donyi Polo Airport in Arunachal Pradesh is expected to play a significant role in improving connectivity. The airport will also contribute to the growth of trade and tourism in the Northeast region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the ‘No Money for Terror’ Ministerial Conference on Countering Financing of Terrorism stressed that there must be a cost imposed on countries that support terrorism.
C V Ananda Bose is a 1977 (retired) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of the Kerala cadre. He last served as an administrator in the National Museum before superannuating in 2011.
Arvind Virmani, founder-chairman of the non-profit public policy organization Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare, served as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry during Manmohan Singh led Government from 2007 to 2009.
Sharath Achanta Kamal from India got 187 votes, the second-highest number, behind Elizabeta Samara of Romania, who received 2012 votes, the difference was of a mere 8.83 percent votes polled from their continents- Asia and Europe- respectively.
The completion of the DSSC course enables the Army personnel for staff appointment to Lt Col Rank and also gives them an advantage in the promotions to the rank of Colonel, which takes place via selection.
Olympic Medalist Mary Kom has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Athletes Commission of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), while the Table Tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal has been elected as the Vice-Chairperson of the body.
CCPI India Rank 2022: As per the Climate Change Performance Index, India is on track to meet its 2030 emissions targets, compatible with the well-below 2-degree Celsius scenario.
G20 Summit 2022 Bali: Prime Minister Modi, while addressing the G20 working session on Food and Security, reiterated India’s long-standing position in the favour of dialogue and diplomacy in Ukraine and said that a way has to be found to return to the path of the ceasefire.
Carlos Saura, Award-winning Spanish Film Director will be honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India.
The G20 countries have agreed to build a pandemic fund to prevent and prepare for the pandemic. Donors from G20 and non-G20 members, as well as philanthropic organizations, have contributed to the funds.
The introduction of the zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell passenger catamaran vessel in Varanasi will pave the way for the reduction in the usage of fossil fuels and thereby further reducing the emissions in India’s national waterways.
T20 World Cup 2022: England by sealing their second T20 World Cup has now become the first country to hold both global white-ball trophies. They won the 50-over World Cup on home soil in 2019.
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In Himachal Assembly Polls 2022, a total of 55,92,828 electors will cast their votes till 5 PM and it will decide the fate of 412 candidates who are in the fray.
As per the gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT, Aadhaar number holders may, on completion of every 10 years from the date of enrolment for Aadhaar, update their supporting documents in Aadhaar, at least once, by submitting Proof of Identity (POI) and Proof of Address (POA) documents.
As per the BIOTECH-PRIDE guidelines of the Government of India, IBDC is mandated to archive all life science data generated from publicly-funded research in India.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Charlotte Edwards, and Abdul Qadir have been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
The decision to allow settlement of the trade in Indian rupees has come amid the increasing pressure on the Indian currency in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February.
Under the new guidelines, a 30-minute daily public interest broadcast has been made mandatory, mainly for entertainment channels. The content must be related to public service and national interests including women empowerment, agriculture, and education.
COP27 Egypt: Each outcome outlined in Adaptation Agenda presents the global solutions that can be adopted at a local level to respond to the local climate contexts, needs, and risks and deliver systems transformation require to protect vulnerable communities from rising climate hazards.
Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi was the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court from October 11, 2021, to July 2, 2022. By appointing the Chairperson and five other panel members of the Law Commission of India, the Government of India has reinstated the commission.
According to the initial plans, a lunar lander and a rover built by the Indian Space Research Organisation will be put into orbit by a Japanese rocket with a planned landing near the moon's South pole.
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ट्विटर ने कहा कि उसके कार्यालय अस्थायी रूप से बंद रहेंगे और सभी बैज एक्सेस को निलंबित कर दिया जाएगा ताकि "प्रत्येक कर्मचारी की सुरक्षा के साथ-साथ ट्विटर सिस्टम और ग्राहक डेटा को सुनिश्चित करने में मदद मिल सके।Spanish Footballer Gerard Pique has announced his retirement from the sport after Barcelona’s next La Liga Match.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party won 32 seats and his right-wing religious and nationalist bloc won 64 in the 120-seat Parliament or Knesset. 73-year-old Benjamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving Prime Minister of Israel and has been elected five times over the course of 15 years.
Inspector General Seema Dhundiya will head the Bihar sector of the Central Reserve Police Force while IG Annie Abraham will be posted as the head of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) of the CRPF. This is also the first time RAF will be headed by a woman Inspector General.
Mengtian weighs in at about 20 tons with a length of 17.9 meters and a diameter of 4.2 meters. It will provide space for science experiments with zero gravity, an airlock for exposure to the vacuum of space, and a small robotic arm to support the extravehicular payloads.
Elon Musk has announced that Twitter Inc. will charge $8 for its Blue Service, which includes its sought-after verified badge. Twitter use to hand out blue ticks to the note-worthy profiles on the basis of its own criteria.
The prestigious Karnataka Ratna Award was posthumously conferred on the late actor Puneeth Rajkumar. Notably, the Karnataka Ratna Award, the highest civilian award of the state, has been conferred only nine times earlier.
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath inaugurated North India’s first hyper-scale data centre Yotta Yotta D1. It has been built at the cost of Rs. 5,000 crores.
Padma Bhushan Jamshed J Irani who was also famously known as the ‘Steel Man of India’ passed away at the age of 86. He contributed tremendously to the Indian Industry, the steel business, and the TATAs for over four decades.