Sharavathi River : Illegal Sand Mining The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and mines and geology department to stop any unlawful/illegal sand mining in Sharavathi river coastal zone. Sharavathi River is a river in westernKarnataka state. It is one of the few westward-flowing rivers in India and […]
Day: May 30, 2024
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
Vivekananda Rock Memorial: The Prime Minister will be visiting the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari to meditate for 48 hours and mark the culmination of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Vivekananda Rock Memorial is located on a small island off Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The memorial stands on one of the two rocks located about 500 […]
Magellan Mission : NASA
Magellan Mission : NASA After analyzing the archived data from NASA’s Magellan mission, scientists say they observed new lava flows on Venus, suggesting that the planet was volcanically active between 1990 and 1992. Magellan Mission was a deep space mission launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to explore the planet Venus. It was launched […]
