Plant Discoveries 2020: The Botanical Survey of India, in its new publication Plant Discoveries 2020 has added 267 new taxa/ species to the country’s flora. The 267 new discoveries include 119 angiosperms; 3 pteridophytes; 5 bryophytes, 44 lichens; 57 fungi, 21 algae and 18 microbes. In 2020, 202 new plant species were discovered across the […]
Day: September 22, 2021
Exercise Samudra Shakti 2021
Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’: Indian Naval Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt arrived at Jakarta, Indonesia on 18 September 2021 to participate in the 3rd edition of Bilateral Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ with the Indonesian Navy scheduled off the approaches to Sunda Strait from 20 Sep to 22 September, 2021. The exercise aims to strengthen the bilateral relationship, enhance […]
3rd State Food Safety Index 2021
3rd State Food Safety Index: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya released Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare felicitated nine leading States/UTs based on […]
Global Innovation Index 2021
Global Innovation Index 2021: India has climbed 2 spots and has been ranked 46th by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in the Global Innovation Index 2021 rankings. India has been on a rising trajectory, over the past several years in the Global Innovation Index (GII), from a rank of 81 in 2015 to 46 […]
National Florence Nightingale Award 2020
National Florence Nightingale Award 2020: Deputy Director General of Military Nursing Service (MNS) Brig S V Saraswati has been bestowed with the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 National Florence Nightingale Award is the highest national distinction a nurse can achieve for selfless devotion and exceptional professionalism. President Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred the award for […]
Vishnuonyx Fossils
Vishnuonyx: Between 12.5 million and 14 million years ago, members of a genus of otters called Vishnuonyx lived in the major rivers of southern Asia. Fossils of these now extinct otters were first discovered in sediments found in the foothills of the Himalayas. Now, a newly found fossil indicates it had travelled as far as […]
