Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT: India-Mongolia Joint Military Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT is scheduled to be conducted from 03rd to 16th July 2024 in Umroi, Meghalaya. Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT is the 16th edition of the India-Mongolia Joint Military Exercise. A Battalion of SIKKIM SCOUTS is representing the Indian contingent comprising of 45 personnel along with personnel from other […]
Jadui Pitara’
Jadui Pitara: Jadui Pitara’ -a play-based learning-teaching material tailored for children between the age group of 3-8 years Developed under the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (part of the implementation of the New Education Policy 2020) Available in 13 Indian languages Includes playbooks, toys, puzzles, posters, flashcards, storybooks, and worksheets that reflect local culture […]
First Meeting Of The Colombo Process
First Meeting Of The Colombo Process: India chaired the first meeting of the Colombo Process in Geneva, marking its first time at the helm. Colombo Process is a regional consultative forum comprising 12 Asian member states and aims to share best practices related to overseas employment for South and Southeast Asian countries that send migrant […]
Megafauna
Megafauna: The discovery of a 41,000-year-old ostrich nest by a team of archaeologists in Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh could provide key information about the extinction of megafauna in the Indian subcontinent. Megafauna term is generally used to describe animals weighing more than 50 kg. The term was first used by the English naturalist and explorer Alfred […]
Windfall Tax : Increased
Windfall Tax : Increased The Indian government has increased the windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil from Rs 3,250 per tonne to Rs 6,000 per tonne. A Windfall Tax is a type of tax that is levied on companies or individuals who have unexpectedly and/or dramatically gained large profits, often due to external factors […]
Xenophrys apatani :Talley Wildlife Sanctuary
Xenophrys apatani : Talley Wildlife Sanctuary: A team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India recorded the forest-dwelling frog from the Talley Wildlife Sanctuary and named it as Xenophrys apatani. The discovery was made by a team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Shillong, in collaboration with their colleagues from […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 3rd July 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 3rd July 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Mars Odyssey
Mars Odyssey: NASA has recently captured an epic view of the largest volcano in our solar system named Olympus Mons using the Mars Odyssey orbiter. Mars Odyssey was an early mission in NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. It was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 7, 2001. The Odyssey spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since […]
Project Nexus
Project Nexus: RBI recently joined Project Nexus, an initiative to enable instant cross-border retail payments by linking domestic Fast Payment Systems. Project Nexus is a multilateral international initiative to enable instant cross-border retail payments by interlinking domestic Fast Payments Systems (FPSs). Rather than requiring FPS operators to establish multiple custom connections for each country, Nexus […]
Syntrichia caninervis
Syntrichia caninervis: Scientists have identified a species of desert moss called ‘Syntrichia caninervis’ that could be a game-changer for future space exploration and colonisation efforts. Syntrichia caninervis is one of the most abundant desert mosses in the world. It possesses remarkable tolerance to multiple environmental stress factors (drought, cold, and radiation). Extreme desiccation tolerance: recover […]
