Places in News (24-29 Dec 2018)

The ‘Buddhist site’ museum was inaugurated at Lalitgiri in Odisha on 24 December 2018. India’s first music museum will be set up with ...

Japan announces withdrawal from IWC

Japan has announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC)in 2019. It will resume commercial hunting of whales ...

Italy’s Mount Etna erupts

Italy’s Mount Etna erupted on 24 December 2018, causing a magnitude 3.3 earthquake and the closure of Sicily’s Catania Airport. The Mou...

India-China Film Festival to begin from 22 Dec

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is organising an ‘India-China Film festival’ from 22 to 24 December 2018. It will be org...

Persons in News & Places (10-15 Dec 2018)

Mexico’s Vanessa Ponce de Leon won the coveted ‘Miss World 2018’ crown. Goa’s Prathamesh Maulingkar has become the first Asian/Indian t...

1st state to have a law banning ‘sextortion’

Jammu and Kashmir have become the first state in the country to have a law banning sexual exploitation of women by those in positions o...