World Ozone Day 2023: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) recently celebrated the 29th World Ozone Day. World Ozone Day or International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, is observed annually on September 16. It is celebrated every year to spread awareness among people about the depletion of the Ozone Layer […]
Category: Current Affairs
Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary: As part of the Surya Regional Water Supply Project, the work on the 4.6 km long underground tunnel for crossing the Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary was recently completed. Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, 75 km away from Mumbai. It forms a corridor between Sanjay Gandhi National Park […]
Santiniketan : Added To The UNESCO World Heritage Sites List
Santiniketan : Added To The UNESCO World Heritage Sites List Santiniketan, the home of late Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. Santiniketan is located in the state of West Bengal. It was established in 1901 by Rabindranath Tagore. It was a residential school and centre for art […]
Red-Necked Phalarope : Spotted
Red-Necked Phalarope : Spotted A group of birders who visited Kurichi Tank in Coimbatore spotted a Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). Red-necked phalarope is a fairly small shorebird known for spinning frantically on water to stir up small invertebrates. It has a circumpolar distribution and is found in both boreal and tundra zones between 60 and […]
Broadnose Sevengill Shark
Broadnose Sevengill Shark: Ecologists are naturally concerned when record-setting rain this year altered the Broadnose Sevengill shark nursery grounds in San Francisco Bay. Broadnose Sevengill Shark is a large seven-gilled with a wide head and short, blunt snout shark. It is related to sharks that lived in the Jurassic Period about 300 million years ago. […]
TTPs-Based Cybercrime Investigation Framework
TTPs-Based Cybercrime Investigation Framework: IIT Kanpur recently developed a TTPs-based cybercrime investigation framework. TTPs stands for Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures. It is the term used by cybersecurity professionals to describe the behaviours, processes, actions, and strategies used by a threat actor to develop threats and engage in cyberattacks. TTPs-based Cybercrime Investigation Framework: It is a […]
Critical Raw Materials Act
Critical Raw Materials Act: The European Union Parliament recently voted in favour of the Critical Raw Materials Act. Critical raw materials (CRMs) are raw materials of high economic importance for the EU, with a high risk of supply disruption due to their concentration of sources and lack of good, affordable substitutes. The CRM Act identifies […]
Samudra Prahari : Indian Coast Guard Ship
Samudra Prahari : Indian Coast Guard Ship The Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Samudra Prahari is presently deployed on an overseas mission encompassing ASEAN nations. Samudra Prahari is an Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) specially designed for pollution control. It is the first pollution control vessel of its kind in Southeast Asia. It is equipped […]
Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary: India is preparing to import a fresh batch of cheetahs from South Africa and introduce them into Madhya Pradesh’s Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary. Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated on the northern boundary of the Mandsaur and Nimach districts in Madhya Pradesh. It is spread over an area of 368.62 km2 […]
Juno Spacecraft : NASA
Juno Spacecraft : NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Juno mission completed its 53rd close flyby of Jupiter, sped past the gas giant’s volcanic Moon Io, and captured a stunning frame of both of them together. JUNO is an acronym for Jupiter’s Near-Polar Orbiter. It was launched in 2011; the Juno spacecraft initially […]
