Hib Disease: Hib, a once-controlled but deadly bacterial infection, is resurging in the US as childhood vaccination rates decline. Hib Disease is a serious illness caused by the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b. Babies and children younger than 5 years old are most at risk for Hib disease, but it can also affect adults with […]
Category: Current Affairs
Chagos Islands
Chagos Islands: Britain’s government said that it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. Chagos Islands is an island group located in the central Indian Ocean. It is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom that was established in 1965. The principal islands in the archipelago include the Diego […]
Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project
Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project: Work on Bhutan’s 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I hydropower project has resumed recently after a seven-year suspension, with India’s Power Minister attending a key concrete pouring ceremony marking the restart of dam construction. It is a 1200 MW run-of-the-river scheme located on the left bank of the Punatsangchhu River in the Southern Himalayas in […]
Windfall Tax : Hiked Export Duty
Windfall Tax: Hiked Export Duty The government recently hiked export duty, or windfall tax, on diesel to Rs 55.5 per litre and on aviation fuel ATF to Rs 42 a litre. A windfall tax is a higher tax levied by the government on specific industries when the industry experiences unexpected and above-average profits due to […]
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park: As polling ended at the remote Laika and Dodhia polling stations inside Dibru Saikhowa National Park in upper Assam, armed forest guards, not police, escorted polling teams back to district headquarters in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh, respectively. It is located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, Assam. The park is bounded by the Brahmaputra […]
Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project
Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently approved an investment of ₹14,105.83 crore for the construction of the Kalai-II Hydro Electric Project on the Lohit River in Anjaw District. Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project is a hydropower project planned on the Lohit River (a tributary of the Brahmaputra River) in the Anjaw District of […]
Khanij Bidesh India Limited
Khanij Bidesh India Limited: State-owned Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) recently received environmental clearance from the Argentine govt for deep exploration of five brine lithium blocks in the South American country. It is a joint venture company of three Central Public Sector Enterprises, namely, National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL), and Mineral […]
South Atlantic Anomaly
South Atlantic Anomaly: The South Atlantic Anomaly is actually splitting into two zones now, making things trickier for satellites in low Earth orbit. The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), or the “Bermuda Triangle of Space’’, is a dip in the Earth’s magnetic field which allows cosmic rays and charged particles to reach lower into the atmosphere. […]
Vitamin D : New Study
Vitamin D : New Study A new study says that your vitamin D level in your 30s and 40s is a determining factor of your brain age in your 60s and 70s. Vitamin D (also referred to as calciferol) is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in a few foods, added to others, and […]
Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve
Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve: The forest Department officials have stepped up plans to resume the proposed tiger enclosure project in the Nallamala–Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) to care for injured, abandoned or orphaned tiger cubs. Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve is located in the Nallamala hill ranges of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the largest tiger reserves in […]
