Azores High: A study revealed that an extremely large ‘Azores High’ (a subtropical weather phenomenon) has resulted in abnormally dry conditions across the western Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula, primarily occupied by Spain and Portugal. Azores High is a subtropical high pressure system that extends over the eastern subtropical North Atlantic and western Europe during […]
Category: Current Affairs
Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF)
Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF): The Union Minister for Environment, Shri Bhupender Yadav, represented India at the virtual meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), hosted by U.S. President Joseph Biden. The Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) was launched on March 28, 2009. The MEF […]
PM Modi Unveils National Emblem On New Parliament Building
PM Modi Unveils National Emblem On New Parliament Building: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the National Emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building. The concept sketch and process of casting the National Emblem on the roof of the building went through eight different stages of preparation from clay modelling/ computer graphics to […]
Dark Matter
Dark Matter: One of the most sensitive dark matter detector experiments named LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) in the U.S.A, has been used for finding evidence of dark matter in the universe. All interactions in the universe are a result of four fundamental forces acting on particles — strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force, electromagnetic force and gravitation. […]
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: Ministry of Culture along with the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, and Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA) organized a curtain-raiser for two days International Conference on the “Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter”. PC Ray’s contribution to the field of Science was a step toward nation-building. […]
ISRO Launches The World’s First Facility To Track Space Debris, And Safeguard Assets
ISRO Launches The World’s First Facility To Track Space Debris, And Safeguard Assets: ISRO launches the world’s first facility to track space debris, and safeguard assets. IS4OM is ISRO’s holistic approach to ensure the safety of space assets and sustaining the utilization of outer space for national development. In response to the ever-growing space object […]
G-20 Foreign Ministers Meeting
G-20 Foreign Ministers Meeting: The External Affairs Minister of India met with the US Secretary of State and Russian Foreign Minister and other counter parts in Bali (Indonesia) on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting. The meeting was held under the theme of “Building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world together.” G20 […]
World Population Prospects 2022
World Population Prospects 2022: According to the 2022 edition of the United Nations’ World Population Prospects (WPP), India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. The Population Division of the UN has been publishing the WPP in a biennial cycle since 1951. Each revision of the WPP provides a […]
Amrit Sarovar Mission
Amrit Sarovar Mission: In a move that could expedite the implementation of railway and highway projects across the country, the Centre has asked the Ministry of Railways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to use the soil or silt excavated from ponds and tanks in all districts under the Amrit Sarovar mission for […]
Anti-Defection Law
Anti-Defection Law: In light of the events in Maharashtra, with the Uddhav Thackeray government facing internal dissent from a block of 22 MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, the anti-defection law has again come into the spotlight. The anti-defection law was included in the Constitution as the Tenth Schedule in 1985 to combat the “evil of […]
