Minor Forest Produce: Tribal people in Odisha are struggling for approvals from the forest department to sell Kendu leaf which is a minor forest produce The Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, or Forest Rights Act (FRA), defines ‘minor forest produce’ as any non-timber forest product of plant […]
Category: Current Affairs
RBI New Initiatives
RBI New Initiatives: RBI Governor recently unveiled three major initiatives of the Reserve Bank, namely the Pravaah portal, the Retail Direct Mobile App and a FinTech Repository. Pravaah Portal: Pravaah (Platform for Regulatory Application, Validation, and AutHorisation) is a secure and centralised web-based portal for any individual or entity to seek authorisation, license, or regulatory […]
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
Vivekananda Rock Memorial: The Prime Minister will be visiting the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari to meditate for 48 hours and mark the culmination of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Vivekananda Rock Memorial is located on a small island off Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The memorial stands on one of the two rocks located about 500 […]
Sharavathi River : Illegal Sand Mining
Sharavathi River : Illegal Sand Mining The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and mines and geology department to stop any unlawful/illegal sand mining in Sharavathi river coastal zone. Sharavathi River is a river in westernKarnataka state. It is one of the few westward-flowing rivers in India and […]
Magellan Mission : NASA
Magellan Mission : NASA After analyzing the archived data from NASA’s Magellan mission, scientists say they observed new lava flows on Venus, suggesting that the planet was volcanically active between 1990 and 1992. Magellan Mission was a deep space mission launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to explore the planet Venus. It was launched […]
Article 329(b) Of The Indian Constitution
Article 329(b) Of The Indian Constitution: The Election Commission (EC) recently invoked Article 329(b) of the Constitution, which prohibits judicial intervention in the working of the commission in the middle of the election process. Article 329(b) enshrined in Part XV of the Constitution, articles 324-329 specifically discuss elections. While Article 324 gives the poll panel […]
Campi Flegrei : Recent Phenomenon
Campi Flegrei : Recent Phenomenon The strongest earthquake to hit Italy’s Campi Flegrei supervolcano region in decades struck recently. Campi Flegrei is an active volcanic area located in the vicinity of Naples, Italy. Unlike the nearby Mount Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei is not characterised by a single volcano. It is more of a volcanic system, with […]
Strain Rate
Strain Rate: Researchers have reported in a study that when pure copper is heated and also subjected to an extreme strain rate, it behaves like a much harder material would Strain is how much a material deforms when stress is applied. It is a measure of the change in shape or size of an object […]
ZiG : Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe
ZiG : Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe To address its long-standing economic instability, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has launched a new gold-backed currency called the ZiG. The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) is a new gold-backed currency launched by Zimbabwe. The ZiG, now the sixth currency used by Zimbabwe, has been in circulation since April 5, […]
Oedocladium sahyadricum
Oedocladium sahyadricum: A group of phycologists from the Department of Botany at Catholicate College in Pathanamthitta has discovered a new algal species in the Western Ghats. Oedocladium sahyadricum is a new algal species and it is named as Oedocladium sahyadricum. The name ‘sahyadricum’ refers to the Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri, which is rich […]
