NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 PN7 is now Earth’s new quasi-moon: Earth has a new space companion — a small asteroid named 2025 PN7, recently confirmed by NASA. Though it’s not a real moon, it travels around the Sun in almost the same orbit as Earth, making it look like it’s following our planet […]
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Mount Etna
Mount Etna: Researchers recently analyzed changes over time in the ratio of small earthquakes to bigger ones beneath Mount Etna and found a strong correlation with the volcano’s activity over the past 20 years. It is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. (Sicily is a part of Italy.) […]
Markanda River
Markanda River: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the State Pollution Control Boards of Himachal and Haryana and the Sirmaur deputy commissioner to file detailed reports on the status of water pollution caused by industries in the Markanda River in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. Markanda River is a tributary of the Ghaggar […]
Taftan Volcano
Taftan Volcano: New research shows that Taftan volcano in Iran seems to be waking up after a 700,000-year-long sleep. It is a 12,927-foot (3,940 meters) semi-active stratovolcano located in southeastern Iran, 56 km from the Pakistan border. It is the only active volcano in the Makran continental volcanic arc. It is situated among a rump […]
Celestial body -Chiron
Celestial body -Chiron: Astronomers for the first time observed a ring system formation around icy celestial body Chiron. Chiron is part of a class of objects called centaurs (which populate the outer solar system between Jupiter and Neptune), displaying characteristics of both asteroids and comets. It was discovered in 1977 by astronomer Charles Kowal. Features […]
Gulf of Kutch
Gulf of Kutch: According to a recent report, the long-term survival of dugongs in the Gulf of Kutch and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is highly uncertain or challenging. Gulf of Kutch is an inlet of the Arabian Sea. It is located along the west coast of India, in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat. It […]
South Atlantic Anomaly
South Atlantic Anomaly: A giant dent in Earth’s magnetic field, called the South Atlantic Anomaly, is continuing to expand, according to the latest data from a trio of satellites monitoring our world. It is a unique location on Earth where the magnetic field is weaker than normal. It is southeast of South America and southwest […]
Kolam Tribe
Kolam Tribe: A pilot bamboo plantation project was initiated to restore traditional livelihoods of Kolam tribal people in Adilabad district of Telangana. Kolam tribes, also known as Kolamboli, Kulme and Kolmi, occupy a major portion of Madhya Pradesh. These tribal groups are reckoned as scheduled tribes and apart from Madhya Pradesh they reside in some […]
Tuvalu
Tuvalu: The Government of Tuvalu has officially become the 90th State Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently. Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is an island country in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It is the 4th smallest country in the world with 26 sq.km. of land. It sits about […]
Bathou Religion
Bathou Religion: The Bathou religion of Bodo community in Assam gets a separate code in the upcoming census. It is the traditional faith of the Bodos, the largest plains tribe of The word ‘Bathou’ is derived from the Bodo language, where ‘Ba’ means ‘five’ and ‘thou’ means ‘deep philosophical thought’. The faith system is based […]
