Lunar Eclipse Blood moon: On 16 May 2022, a total lunar eclipse or Chandra Grahan will occur over South America, most of North America and parts of Europe and Africa. This will be the second eclipse of the year, after the April 30/May 1 partial solar eclipse that was visible in parts of the southern […]
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Birth Anniversary
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Birth Anniversary: The Prime Minister on 9th May, 2022 paid tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary. According to the Bengali calendar, the Tagore Jayanti falls on the 25th day of the Boishakh month. He was born in Calcutta on 7th May 1861. He was also referred to as ‘Gurudev’, […]
Webinar On “Export Promotion Of Tissue Culture Plants’’
Webinar On “Export Promotion Of Tissue Culture Plants’’: The Centre through the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) conducted a webinar on “Export Promotion of Tissue Culture Plants’’ such as Foliage, Live Plants, Cut Flowers, and Planting Material” with Department of Biotechnology (DBT) accredited tissue culture laboratories spread across India. The aim […]
Monkeypox Case In U.K
Monkeypox Virus : The U.K. health authorities have confirmed a case of monkeypox. The first-ever recorded occurrence of the monkeypox virus in the U.K. was in 2018, and since then a handful of cases have been confirmed by health authorities. The monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus, which is a genus of viruses that also includes […]
Shigella : Important Points
Shigella: The recent food poisoning event in Kerala that claimed the life of a 16-year-old girl who ate chicken shawarma at a restaurant was caused by Shigella germs. Shigella is a bacterial infection produced by the enterobacter family of bacteria and is one of the most common causes of diarrhoea worldwide. Shigellosis is the infection […]
State Of World’s Birds Report: Highlights
State Of World’s Birds Report: Highlights The State of World’s Birds report was recently published. It is a peer-reviewed journal. It is BirdLife International’s flagship science publication, using birds to assess the condition of our ecosystems as a whole. Highlights of the 2022 report: Around 48% of bird species worldwide are known or suspected to […]
What Is Khalistan Movement?
What Is Khalistan Movement? Khalistan flags were found tied on the main entrance gates and walls of Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly recently. Slogans were also written on the walls of the assembly complex. The flags have now been removed by the administration. It is the fight for a separate Sikh state and owes its origins […]
Russia’s Victory Day : 9th May
Russia’s Victory Day: May 9 is celebrated as “Victory Day” in Russia To commemorate the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II. It was first celebrated in 1965 under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. It was occasionally marked in the Soviet era and revived by President Boris Yeltsin for the 50th anniversary […]
Periodic Labour Force Survey
Periodic Labour Force Survey: In the period of October-December 2021, the unemployment rate for all those aged 15 years and above in the country’s urban areas slipped from 10.3 per cent that was recorded in the same quarter a year ago to 8.7 per cent. A periodic labour force survey by the National Statistical Office […]
Rakhigarhi Skeletons
Rakhigarhi Skeletons: DNA samples collected from two human skeletons unearthed at a necropolis of a Harappan-era city site in Haryana have been sent for scientific examination, the outcome of which might tell about the ancestry and food habits of people who lived in the Rakhigarhi region thousands of years ago. The skeletons of two women […]
