Ozone Pollution: As per the CPCB, Ground-level ozone (O3) has started to emerge as Delhi’s lead pollutant during the day, particularly after rain, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Ground-level Ozone is a type of pollutant that is produced when two primary pollutants, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, react in […]
Month: April 2023
Short-Beaked Echidnas
Short-Beaked Echidnas: Short-beaked echidnas in Western Australia beat the heat by blowing mucus bubbles, according to researchers from Curtin University. Short-beaked echidnas is one of four living species of echidna. It is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its insect prey (ant […]
Head Of The Janang Tradition Of Tibetan Buddhism
Head Of The Janang Tradition Of Tibetan Buddhism: The Dalai Lama has named a US-born Mongolian boy as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa, the head of the Janang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the Buddhist spiritual head of Mongolia. This announcement has brought attention back to the larger question of the Dalai Lama’s own reincarnation, […]
Muthuvan Tribe
Muthuvan Tribe: A report of the committee of experts appointed by the Kerala High Court regarding human-elephant conflict stated that traditional settlements of the Muthuvan tribal community have coexisted with the wild animals in Chinnakkanal. Muthuvan tribe people live on the border hill forests of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. They speak slightly two different dialects […]
National Mission For Cultural Mapping
National Mission For Cultural Mapping: The detailed dossiers of the villages covered under the Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar programme of the National Mission for Cultural Mapping will be made available from May on a web portal National Mission for Cultural Mapping was launched in 2017 by the Union Ministry of Culture Aim is to develop […]
Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring Of Pollution
Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring Of Pollution: NASA’s high-resolution air pollution monitoring instrument TEMPO was launched by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution will monitor major air pollutants across North America. It will make important scientific observations, including that of ozone, nitrogen oxide, sulphur […]
National Mission In Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems
National Mission In Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems: The Experts deliberated on ways to strengthen the National Mission in Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) at the National Workshop on Technology Innovation in Cyber-Physical Systems (TIPS). National Mission in Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems was launched in 2018 at a total outlay of Rs.3660 Crores for a period of five years. […]
Cassiopeia A
Cassiopeia A: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured never-before-seen detail of Cassiopeia A (Cas A). Cassiopeia A is a remnant of a massive star that exploded some 340 years ago. It is the youngest remnant off a the massive star in our galaxy known to mankind. Cas A belongs to the prototypical type of supernova […]
MeerKAT Telescope
MeerKAT Telescope: Astronomers used machine learning to mine data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope. MeerKAT telescope is situated in South Africa’s Northern Cape province and is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. It was originally known as the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT) which would consist of 20 receptors. At present, it is […]
India’s First 3D-Printed Post Office
India’s First 3D-Printed Post Office: Bengaluru will soon have India’s first post office constructed using 3D printing technology 3D-printed post office located at Cambridge Layout in Ulsoor, Bangalore. It is being implemented by Larsen & Toubro, which has experience in constructing 3D-printed buildings. It is a 1,100 sqft building which is expected to cost 30-40 […]
