India has unveiled its first indigenous Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM), a breakthrough in quantum sensing technology, for advanced magnetic field imaging. Development DetailsThe QDM was developed by the P-Quest Group at IIT Bombay, led by Professor

India's GSAT-7R satellite represents a major leap in the nation's space-based defense capabilities, launched successfully by ISRO on November 2, 2025, as the heaviest indigenously built communication satellite at 4,410 kg. Designed exclusively for th

Chinese scientists have discovered rare relics from CI-like chondrite meteorites in lunar samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission. These fragments, identified through advanced mineral and isotope analysis, provide evidence of ancient impacts from o

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards. International Standards give state of the art specifications for products, services and good practice, helping to make industr

Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease caused by the polio virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause paralysis or even death in a matter of hours. How is polio transmitted? The polio virus (scientifically known as the wild polio v

The Higgs boson is a particle in the standard model of particle physics. Its existence was postulated in 1960s, to explain why the tiny particles that make up atoms have mass. Physicist Peter Higgs and 5 other theoretical physicists proposed that an

Foundation Date: December 8, 1985 Headquarter: Kathmandu Secretary-General: Mr. Arjun Bahadur Thapa Member Countries: 8 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established when its Charter was formally approved on 8 December

Foundation Date: 1961 Headquarter: London Secretary General : Julie Verhaar (Acting) About Amnesty International: In 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson was outraged when two Portuguese students were jailed just for raising a toast to freedom. He wr

Foundation Date : December 19th 1966 Headquarter : Manila President : Masatsugu Asakawa Member Countries : From 31 members at its establishment in 1966, ADB has grown to encompass 68 members of which 49 are from within Asia and the Pacific and 19 o

The Second Five-Year Plan (1956-57 to 1960-61) sought to promote a pattern of development, which would ultimately lead to the establishment of a socialistic pattern of society in India. Its main aims

The Third Plan (1961-62 to 1965-66) aimed at securing a marked advance towards self-sustaining growth. Its immediate objectives were to : Secure an increase in the national income of over five per ce

Keeping in view the large-scale import of food grains in 1951 and inflationary pressures on the economy, the First Plan (1951-56) accorded the highest priority to agriculture including irrigation and

The Finance Minister has announced a new initiative called Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in his Budget Speech for 2015-16. The APY will be focussed on all citizens in the unorganised sector, who join the

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ - a path breaking scheme for farmers’ welfare. The highlights of this scheme are

The Prime Minister launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana at a National level function on 28th August 2014. Besides the launch function at Delhi, simultaneous launch functions of the Yojana were

Headquarter: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Function and Objective of Organiztion: Issue to the applicant a certificate of registration, renew, modify, withdraw, suspend or cancel such registrationProtection of the interests of the policy holders in matt

Founded on: 24 July 1998 Headquarter: New Delhi Objective: Improve the operations and management of the regional transmission systems through Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC), Availability Based Tariff (ABT), etc.Formulate an efficient tariff sett

Founded on: 1st April 1995 Headquarter: New Delhi Function and Objective of Organiztion: Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament and came into being on 1st April 1995 by merging erstwhile National Airports Authority