Current Affairs

It is the name of a newly discovered whale call.The sound, which ranges from a low moan to a screechy metallic tone, has puzzled researchers ever since it was first recorded in 2014.

The made public a draft Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations 2016 that specifies that all fortified food, manufactured, packed, labelled, handled, distributed and sold, "whether for profit or under a Government-funded programme", ought to adhere to a minimum set of standards.

Performers from India, U.S., Dubai, U.K., Russia, Hong Kong created a record with a spectacular 'Mahabrinda Natyam' show, a dizzying array of 6,117 performers.

The plan to replicate one of the country's most successful rhino rehabilitation programme at the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh is stuck for want of a sedating drug

A focus on establishing "soft borders" between India and Pakistan, rather than a final settlement of boundaries in Kashmir, can lead to New Delhi's rapid integration into an expanded China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), said a Chinese academician.

Itihaas, the Hindi journal of the Indian Council of Historical Research, claims that the iconic 'Dancing Girl' of Mohenjodaro is Goddess Parvati, furthering the proof that people of the Indus Valley Civilisation worshipped Shiva.

On December 9, the Manipur government issued a gazette notification creating 7 new districts by bifurcating 7 of the state's existing 9 districts. This took the number of districts in the state to 16.

For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of the year, Arctic temperatures have been much higher than normal, and sea ice concentrations have been at record low levels.

The rise of obesity around the globe has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge countries to impose a tax on sugary drinks, which are blamed for the spread of the epidemic.

Ten years after the historic Forest Rights Act (FRA) was passed by the Indian lawmakers, only three per cent of villages or communities could secure their rights over forest resources which include land and the produce from the forests and water