North Sentinel Island: A U.S. national was recently arrested in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly entering the prohibited tribal reserve area of North Sentinel Island. It is one of the Andaman Islands – an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal – and part of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. […]
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INS Tarkash
INS Tarkash: The Indian Navy’s frigate INS Tarkash, which has been deployed in the Western Indian Ocean for maritime security operations, has intercepted and seized over 2500 kg of narcotics recently. It is a state-of-the-art stealth frigate of the Indian Navy. It is part of the navy’s Western Fleet. It belongs to the Talwar class […]
Binturong
Binturong: A rare Binturong was recently captured on a camera trap set up by the Wildlife Trust of India’s Garo Green Spine project team in the Narang Wari Village Reserve Forest (VRF), located in the buffer zone of Balpakram National Park. It is a catlike omnivore of the civet family. It is the largest civet […]
Compassion And Primary Health Care : WHO Report
Compassion And Primary Health Care : WHO Report The World Health Organization (WHO) released a report titled “Compassion and primaryhealth care(PHC)” highlights compassion as key to improving PHC and addressing rising mental health challenges through patient-centered, dignified care. Compassion in PHC is the recognition of human suffering coupled with the motivation and action to alleviate […]
Great Red Spot : New Observation
Great Red Spot : New Observation New observations of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter have revealed that the planet’s atmosphere above and around the infamous storm is surprisingly interesting and active. It is an anticyclone, a long-lasting area of high pressure on Jupiter creating a persistent storm. Located in Jupiter’s Southern Hemisphere, it appears […]
What are Synthetic Drugs?
What are Synthetic Drugs? India is facing a surge in synthetic drug trafficking. In response, Haryana’s Narcotics Control Bureau has set up an Anti-Synthetic Narcotics Task Force to track networks, monitor precursor chemicals, and dismantle hidden labs in the state.Synthetic drugs are often slightly modified to create new psychoactive substances (NPS) that fall outside the […]
Fram2 Mission and Polar Orbit
Fram2 Mission and Polar Orbit: SpaceX has launched the Fram2 mission, which lifted off aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.This private spaceflight is the first human mission to follow a polar orbit (a trajectory never before traveled by humans) and aims to conduct research on spaceflight’s impact on […]
Tiger TRIUMPH 2025
Tiger TRIUMPH 2025: On 1st April 2025, the Indian Navy inaugurated the 4th edition of the bilateral joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) amphibious exercise, Tiger TRIUMPH 2025.The exercise, to be conducted in two phases, aims to strengthen U.S.-India strategic maritime cooperation and reinforce their defense partnership. Harbour Phase: Held in Visakhapatnam, this phase […]
Underwater Cables
Underwater Cables: Airtel’s 2Africa Pearls subsea cable has landed in India, boosting internet capacity by 100 Tbps, highlighting the growing need for robust undersea cable infrastructure.Undersea or submarine cables are fibre-optic cables laid on the ocean floor that enable global internet and telecommunication connectivity. Cables carry data using light signals transmitted through hair-thin glass fibres, […]
Digital Child Abuse Due to AI
Digital Child Abuse Due to AI: The International AI Safety Report 2025 and the U.K.’s draft law criminalising AI tools generating CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) have sparked global discussions.It refers to the creation, possession, and dissemination of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using AI tools like generative AI, deepfakes, and image synthesis technologies. These […]
