Posidonia australis (The ribbon weed) : World’s Largest Plant The world’s largest plant has recently been discovered off the West Coast of Australia: a seagrass 180 km in length. The ribbon weed, or Posidonia australis, has been discovered in Shark Bay by a group of researchers from Flinders University and The University of Western Australia. […]
Category: Current Affairs
Puneet Sagar Abhiyan
Puneet Sagar Abhiyan: National Cadet Corps (NCC) has launched the latest phase of its nationwide flagship campaign ‘Puneet Sagar Abhiyan’ on 30 May 2022 and it will continue till 5th June 2022, the World Environment Day. Puneet Sagar Abhiyan was launched by NCC to clean Sea Shores/Beaches and other water bodies including rivers & lakes, […]
SHRESHTA Scheme
SHRESHTA Scheme: Union Minister of social Justice and empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar launched the Scheme “SHRESHTA”-Scheme for residential education for students in High school in Targeted Areas. The Scheme will be beneficial for SC students those who could not reach for higher quality education. It provides for high quality education for meritorious but poor SC […]
Current State Of Water Scarcity
Current State of Water Scarcity: According to a newly published book, unconventional water sources can help beat global water scarcity. The book was compiled by experts at the United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources and the UN Food and Agriculture […]
SC Judgement On Eco Sensitive Zone
SC Judgement On Eco Sensitive Zone: The Supreme Court directed that every protected forest, national park and wildlife sanctuary across the country should have a mandatory eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of a minimum one km starting from their demarcated boundaries. Environment Ministry guidelines show that the purpose of declaring ESZs around national parks, forests and sanctuaries […]
Community Forest Resource
Community Forest Resource: Chhattisgarh has become only the second state in the country to recognise Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights of a village inside a Kanger Ghati National Park. While CFR rights are an important empowerment tool, getting a consensus amongst various villages about their traditional boundaries often proves a challenge. In 2016, the Odisha […]
Buffalopox
Buffalopox: The recent spread of monkeypox to non-endemic countries has trained the spotlight on reemerging viruses such as buffalopox, which was first isolated in India. Since the first case in 1934 globally recorded in India, the country has seen several sporadic outbreaks. Buffalopox: It is a zoonotic disease endemic to India. It has its root […]
HarGharDastak Campaign 2.0
HarGharDastak Campaign 2.0: HarGharDastak campaign 2.0” to accelerate the pace and coverage of COVID19 vaccination across States and UTs has commenced across India by Union Health Ministry. Incorporating the experience & learning from “HarGharDastak campaign” launched in Nov 2021, ‘HarGharDastak 2.0’ will be implemented from 1st June 2022 to 31st July 2022. The objective of […]
Eublepharis Pictus
Eublepharis Pictus: A gecko found in Visakhapatnam in 2017, then thought to belong to a known species, has now been identified as a member of a new species. The species, Eublepharis pictus, also known as the Painted Leopard Gecko, has been described in the journal Evolutionary Systematics. Researchers had initially identified the specimen, as an […]
2021 Report On International Religious Freedom
2021 Report On International Religious Freedom: The 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) was released by the US Department of State. The document is distinct from the IRF report released by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan federal government entity while the IRF is part of the […]
