Gaia Spacecraft: Gaia spacecraft has faced and overcome significant challenges in its mission to map over a billion stars in the Milky Way. Gaia Spacecraft was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in December 2013. It is located 1.5 million kilometres from Earth at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2). It monitors each of […]
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Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) Program
Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) Program: The Government’s ambitious Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) program is set to get a fresh boost under the leadership of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs. Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) Program is aimed at school children between nine and 18 years age group. The nation-wide […]
UN Water Convention : Ivory Coast Joined
UN Water Convention : Ivory Coast Joined Ivory Coast joined the United Nations Water Convention, becoming the 10th African nation to do so. It is also known as the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes which was adopted in Helsinki in 1992 and entered into force in 1996. It […]
Foreigners Tribunals
Foreigners Tribunals: The Assam government asked the Border wing of the State’s police not to forward cases of non-Muslims who entered India illegally before 2014 to the Foreigners Tribunals (FTs). Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies formed through the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964 under Section 3 of the Foreigners’ Act of 1946, to let local […]
SEBI : Introduction Of a New Asset Class Or Product Category
SEBI : Introduction Of a New Asset Class Or Product Category The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed the introduction of a new asset class or product category. This move is aimed at providing investors with a regulated investment product that features higher risk-taking capabilities, while also curbing the proliferation of unregistered […]
The Voicebox Programme
The Voicebox Programme: The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has joined hands with Netflix India to launch an upskilling program for voice-over artists in India called “The Voicebox”. Voicebox Programme will offer Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) training for voice-over artists focusing on English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Gujarati languages. The program […]
5th Positive Indigenization List And Internal Security Plan
5th Positive Indigenization List And Internal Security Plan: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has recently notified a fifth Positive Indigenisation List (PIL) comprising defence items, aimed at boosting self-reliance and minimizing imports and encouraging the domestic defence sector. Key Highlights of the Fifth Positive Indigenisation List: The fifth PIL comprises 346 items aimed at advancing […]
Florida Carpenter Ants : New Study
Florida Carpenter Ants : New Study Recent study has revealed that Florida carpenter ants (Camponotus floridanus) perform life-saving surgeries on injured nestmates to improve their survival chances. These ants decide whether to amputate (remove body part by surgery) or just clean the wound based on the location of the injury. Amputations are done for injuries […]
Grand Slam : Winner
Grand Slam : Winner Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz has beaten Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the men’s single tennis Wimbledon final match, winning his 4th Grand Slam title. Alcaraz became the youngest player to win 4 Grand Slam titles, achieving this before the age of 22. The new generation of tennis players, led by Alcaraz and Jannik […]
Last Universal Common Ancestor
Last Universal Common Ancestor: In a new study, scientists have said the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) could have formed just 300 million years after the earth formed. Researchers believe all three branches of life namely bacteria, archaea, and eukarya originated from a single cell, called the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). LUCA had a […]
