SC Panel Suggests Creation of a Goa Tiger Reserve: A Supreme Court–appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended creating a tiger reserve in Goa, but in phases, to reduce impact on local communities.A proposal by the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to declare a Goa Tiger Reserve in a phased, community-sensitive manner, starting with […]
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Pusa DST-1 and DRR Dhan 100 Kamala
Pusa DST-1 and DRR Dhan 100 Kamala: ICAR has strongly rebutted allegations of bias in the evaluation of two gene-edited rice lines—Pusa DST-1 and DRR Dhan 100 Kamala—under the AICRPR multi-location trials.Two gene-edited rice varieties developed as improved versions of popular cultivars MTU1010 and Samba Mahsuri using advanced precision breeding techniques. Developed By: Pusa DST-1 […]
Operation Sagar Bandhu
Operation Sagar Bandhu: India has initiated Operation Sagar Bandhu to deliver humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah triggered massive floods and landslides.Cyclone Ditwah is a tropical storm that rapidly formed over the southwest Bay of Bengal.The name Ditwah was contributed by Yemen, following the regional naming system for North Indian Ocean cyclones.India rushed […]
Sujalam Bharat Summit 2025
Sujalam Bharat Summit 2025: The Ministry of Jal Shakti will host the Vision for Sujalam Bharat Summit 2025 in New Delhi, marking a major national effort to create a unified and practical water security framework.It was conceived in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of organising Summits that bring together Central and State officers as […]
Bharat NCAP 2.0
Bharat NCAP 2.0: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) recently released a comprehensive draft for Bharat NCAP 2.0, a significantly expanded version of the country’s crash test rating programme. The Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP) is an indigenous star-rating system for crash testing cars, under which vehicles will be assigned between […]
Postojna Cave
Postojna Cave: Researchers from Poland, the United States, and Slovenia recently worked out exact equations for stalagmite shapes, then checked them on real cave specimens from Postojna Cave in Slovenia. It is located in western Slovenia. It is a limestone cave carved out by the Pivka River over millions of years. It is the only […]
HAMMER Weapon System
HAMMER Weapon System: Bharat Electronics Limited and Safran Electronics and Defence (SED) signed a joint venture cooperation agreement for the production of the HAMMER Weapon System in India. The HAMMER (Highly Agile and Manoeuvrable Munition Extended Range) is an air-to-ground precision-guided weapon system developed by Safran, a French aerospace and defence company. It is also […]
Auramine O
Auramine O: India continues to face recurring episodes of chemical adulteration in food, particularly through the use of non-permitted synthetic dyes and one of the most persistent among them is auramine O. Auramine O is a synthetic yellow dye produced from compounds such as dimethylaniline and formaldehyde. The dye appears as yellow flakes or powder […]
Hayli Gubbi Volcano
Hayli Gubbi Volcano: The Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted for the first time after 10,000 years and its massive ash cloud is moving towards northern India. It is located in Ethiopia’s Afar region, in northeast of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border. It is a shield volcano that sits within Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression, one of the […]
Mekedatu Dam
Mekedatu Dam: Karnataka has announced that it would submit a revised Detailed Project Report (DPR) to the Centre for the Mekedatu dam across the Cauvery river. This comes after Tamil Nadu raised concerns over Karnataka’s Mekedatu dam, citing Cauvery water disputes, excessive water storage, and irregular water release. Mekedatu Dam involves constructing a balancing reservoir […]
