Emperor Penguin : Killed In The Antarctic Last Year Scientists recently said that up to 10,000 young Emperor penguin chicks were reportedly killed in the Antarctic late last year when the sea ice underneath them broke off. Emperor Penguin is the largest of the world’s penguin species found only in Antarctica. Scientific Name: Aptenodytes forsteri […]
Category: Current Affairs
Grand Cross Of The Order Of Honour
Grand Cross Of The Order Of Honour: The Indian Prime minister was recently conferred with the Grand Cross of the Order of Honour by the Greek President in Athens. Grand Cross of the Order of Honour is the second-highest civilian honour in Greece. It is conferred to “eminent personalities who, by reason of their distinguished […]
National Judicial Data Grid
National Judicial Data Grid: The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) has gained significant attention for its role in revolutionizing the way judicial proceedings are managed in India. National Judicial Data Grid is a database of orders, judgments and case details of 18,735 District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts created as an online platform under […]
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Eastern Equine Encephalitis: Mosquito-borne illnesses continue to pose a significant threat across various parts of the world, and one of the latest additions to this concern is the emergence of the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus in the United States. This rare virus has recently been reported in Alabama and New York, with serious implications […]
John Warnock : Co Founder Of Adobe System
John Warnock : Co Founder Of Adobe System John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe Systems and a tech industry trailblazer, has passed away at 82. He is renowned for his pivotal role in creating the Portable Document Format (PDF), revolutionizing document sharing. Initially an average student, Warnock’s passion for math was ignited by a high school […]
India Smart Cities Award Contest, 2022
India Smart Cities Award Contest, 2022: Indore has been named the best Smart City and Madhya Pradesh as the top State for their outstanding performance in the Smart Cities Mission. The second and third positions among cities were secured by Surat and Agra, while Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh were ranked second, third, and […]
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Global Environment Facility (GEF): The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) was ratified and launched at the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) held recently. Governments, non-profits, and the private sector can now contribute their funds to GBFF. This will ensure that the world meets the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity […]
Insurance Surety Bonds
Insurance Surety Bonds: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) organised a brainstorming session with stakeholders to expedite the adoption of Insurance Surety Bonds for its contracts. Insurance Surety Bonds can be defined in their simplest form as a written agreement to guarantee compliance, payment, or performance of an act. These are instruments where insurance […]
Lion-Tailed Macaque : Spotted
Lion-Tailed Macaque : Spotted Lion-tailed macaque has been sporadically spotted by conservationists in the forests of Nadugani, shared by the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu and Nilambur in Kerala. Lion-tailed macaqueis an Old World monkey. One of the distinguishing features of this species is that males define the boundaries of their home ranges by calls. […]
Geospatial Artificial Intelligence : ISRO
Geospatial Artificial Intelligence : ISRO ISRO chair professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, informed that NIAS has launched a pilot project involving geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) and random forest technology to monitor and predict the city’s air quality. Geospatial Artificial Intelligence is the application of artificial intelligence (AI) fused with geospatial […]
