New Big 5 project: It has named the five animals for framing instead of firing at. These are the elephant, polar bear, gorilla, tiger, and lion. All the New Big 5 animals are keystone species, essential to the balance of nature in their habitats, biodiverse ecosystems, and the survival of other species, including humans. It […]
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Coviself : Self Testing Kit
Coviself: Self Testing Kit: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) approved India’s first self-use Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for Covid-19 named as CoviSelf. It is developed by MyLab Discovery Solutions, a Pune-based molecular company. ICMR is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, and is one of […]
India And Oman : MoUs On Military Cooperation and Maritime Security
India and Oman: MoUs on military cooperation as well as on maritime security: India and Oman renewed the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on military cooperation as well as on maritime security. India-Oman Relationship: The Sultanate of Oman is a strategic partner of India and an important speaker at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Arab League […]
Strategically Significant Highway : China
Strategically Significant Highway : China: China has completed the construction of a strategically significant highway enabling greater access to remote areas along the disputed border with Arunachal Pradesh in India. The construction began in 2014 and is part of a wider infrastructure push in border areas in Tibet. The highway passes through the Grand Canyon […]
World Bee Day 2021
World Bee Day: On the occasion of World Bee Day, Union Agriculture Minister launched the project to establish a regional honey quality testing laboratory at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, New Delhi. It has been set up for quality testing of honey and other products of beekeeping under the National Beekeeping and Honey […]
INS Rajput To Be Decommissioned
INS Rajput Will Be Decommissioned: INS Rajput will be Decommissioned on 21 May 2021 at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. INS Rajput is the first destroyer of the Indian Navy. INS Rajput, the lead ship of the Kashin-class destroyers built by the erstwhile USSR was commissioned on 04 May 1980 INS Rajput was constructed in the 61 […]
Corpse Flower : Important Points
The ‘corpse flower’: Over a thousand people queued up outside an abandoned gas station in San Francisco’s Bay Area this week to catch a glimpse of the extremely rare and aptly named ‘corpse flower’. The ‘corpse flower’ is a flowering plant, which is native to the rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia. The scientific name of […]
Mucormycosis : Epidemic Under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897
Mucormycosis: An Epidemic Under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897: The Union government has asked the States to declare mucormycosis, the fungal infection being reported in COVID-19 patients, an epidemic under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. Declaring the black fungus infection seen in COVID-19 patients an epidemic would lead to health facilities screening for it and reporting […]
A-76 : World’s Largest Iceberg
A-76 : World’s Largest Iceberg A giant slab of ice bigger than the Spanish island of Majorca has sheared off from the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg currently afloat in the world, the European Space Agency said. The newly calved berg, designated A-76 by scientists, was spotted in […]
UNESCO: Six Sites Have Been Added To India’s Tentative List
UNESCO: Six Sites Have Been Added To India’s Tentative List: Six sites have been added to India’s tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites. Six of the nine sites submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India had been accepted by UNESCO for inclusion in the tentative list, which is a requirement before the final nomination […]
