Zonal Councils: In News The Union Home Minister recently said zonal councils have transformed from being mere discussion forums into “engines of cooperation”, noting that 83% of issues taken up in their meetings have been resolved. The idea of the creation of Zonal Councils was mooted by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar […]
Agricultural Monitoring and Event Detection API
Agricultural Monitoring and Event Detection API: Google recently launched the Agricultural Monitoring and Event Detection (AMED) API that provides information on crops and field activity across India. AMED is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based open-source application programming interface (API) launched by It provides field-level crop data, specifically helping in monitoring crops and detecting agricultural events at […]
Laughing Dove
Laughing Dove: It is a small pigeon that is a resident breeder in Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent. Scientific Name: Spilopelia senegalensis Other names include laughing turtle dove, palm dove, and Senegal dove, while in India the name of little brown dove is often used. The species is found in much of […]
World Population Day 2025
World Population Day 2025: This year’s World Population Day will take place on Friday, July 11, 2025, with the theme “Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world” World Population Day (WPD) is Observed annually on July 11, World Population Day is a United Nations initiative aimed at […]
Medium Altitude Long Endurance Drone
Medium Altitude Long Endurance Drone: India has accelerated the procurement of 87 Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drones from local manufacturers. MALE drones are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that have the capability to fly over 30 hours at a maximum altitude of at least 35,000 feet. These drones are equipped with advanced surveillance and combat capabilities: […]
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon: Researchers from Australia, Sweden, and the UK studied the indenyl cation, C9H7+ and revealed how Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons molecules survived in Taurus Molecular Cloud 1 (TMC1). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are flat, ring-shaped molecules of carbon and hydrogen. Astronomers think they make up a fifth of all carbon in interstellar space. There […]
TALASH Initiative
TALASH Initiative: The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched the TALASH initiative. The Tribal Aptitude, Life Skills and Self-Esteem Hub (TALASH) is a national- program to support the all-round development of students in Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs). It was launched by National Education […]
Lake Turkana
Lake Turkana: Scientists have extracted 18-20 million-year-old enamel proteins from extinct mammal fossils from the Lake Turkana Basin.It is located in the remote northern region of Kenya. It lies in the Eastern Rift Valley with its far northern end extending to Ethiopia. Three rivers, including Omo, Turkwel, and Kerio flow into the lake, but only […]
Empowering States Through Science
Empowering States Through Science: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), in its report “ A Roadmap for Strengthening State Science and Technology (S&T) Councils”, has called for reforms in the funding and governance of State S&T Councils. Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) are vital to national development, with both Central and State S&T Departments […]
INS Nistar – Diving Support Vessel (DSV)
INS Nistar – Diving Support Vessel (DSV): The Indian Navy will commission INS Nistar, its first indigenously designed Diving Support Vessel (DSV), at Visakhapatnam. This marks a key milestone in India’s underwater rescue and maritime self-reliance journey.INS Nistar is India’s first indigenously developed Diving Support Vessel (DSV) designed for deep-sea diving, submarine rescue, and underwater […]
