NASA’s Perseverance Rover : First Sample Depot NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed the first “sample depot on another world” by dropping the tenth and final sample tube. The tube will be part of a depot that will be considered for the return to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return Campaign. Perseverance rover is […]
Month: February 2023
Yaya Tso Lake : Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site
Yaya Tso Lake : Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site Yaya Tso Lake was declared Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site under the Biological Diversity Act. The Biodiversity Management Committee, the panchayat of Chumathang village, along with the SECURE Himalaya Project recently resolved the issue and declared Yaya Tso Lake a biodiversity heritage site. Lake Yaya Tso […]
Red-headed vulture : Spotted In The Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
Red-headed vulture : Spotted In The Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary The Red-headed vulture was spotted in the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. Red-headed vulture is one of the 9 species of Vulture which are found in India It is also called the Asian King vulture or Pondicherry Vulture was extensively found in India but its numbers […]
Turnersuchus hingleyae : Fossils Of The ancient Marine Crocodile
Turnersuchus hingleyae : Fossils Of The ancient Marine Crocodile Palaeontologists have recently discovered fossils of the ancient ‘marine crocodile Turnersuchus hingleyae. Turnersuchus hingleyae: The fossils uncovered on the Jurassic Coast in the United Kingdom include part of the head, backbone, and limbs of Turnersuchus hingleyae. Its age dates back to the early Jurassic, Pliensbachian period, […]
110th Birth Anniversary Of Amrita Sher-Gil
110th Birth Anniversary Of Amrita Sher-Gil: The National Gallery of Modern art in association with Liszt Institute, Hungarian Cultural Centre, New Delhi celebrated the 110th birth anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil. Amrita was an Indian-Hungarian painter and one of the avant-garde women artists. Though her art education was from Paris, she has discovered the artistic traditions […]
Economic Survey For 2022-23: Highlights
Economic Survey For 2022-23: Finance Minister recently tabled the Economic Survey for 2022-23 in the Lok Sabha. The Economic Survey 2022-23 highlighted that India’s economic recovery from the pandemic is complete and the economy is expected to grow in the range of 6% to 6.8% in the coming financial year 2023-24. Highlights of Economic Survey […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 1st February 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 1st February 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023
ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: India beat England in the first-ever ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup final on Sunday. Chasing a meagre 69, India lost Shafali Verman and Shweta Sehrawat early. But G Trisha and Soumya Tiwari built a partnership to guide India home. India bowled out England for a paltry 68 […]
Global Report On Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023
Global Report On Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023: According to the “Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023” report published on World NTD Day — January 30, 2023, by World Health Organization (WHO), Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) continue to disproportionately impact the most impoverished members of the international community, living in areas with inadequate water safety, […]
Guidelines For Uplinking And Downlinking Of Television Channels In India 2022
Guidelines For Uplinking And Downlinking Of Television Channels In India 2022: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry issued a fresh advisory for the implementation of the Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Television Channels in India 2022. Uplink is a term used to describe a communication line used to send electronic messages to satellites. On […]
