Chachin Grazing Festival: The Chachin Grazing Festival recently took place in the Tawang region. This two-day event held at Chachin brought together local graziers from all over the region to celebrate their traditional occupation and honor their cultural heritage. The Monpa lifestyle, deeply rooted in the region, revolves around nomadic herding. The graziers depend on […]
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Global Food Regulators Summit 2023
Global Food Regulators Summit 2023: Delhi is all set to host the Global Food Regulators Summit 2023 First time this prestigious event will take place in the Indian capital. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is at the helm of organizing this significant gathering. Scheduled for July 20-21, 2023, the summit aims […]
Northern/Interaction-2023
Northern/Interaction-2023: A Chinese naval flotilla recently set off to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan to participate in the “Northern/Interaction-2023” military drills. Northern/Interaction-2023 military drills is organized by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Northern Theatre Command in the central Sea of Japan. Sea of Japan (East Sea) is a marginal […]
Pilot Whales :Slaughtered
Pilot Whales :Slaughtered Seventy-eight long-finned pilot whales, a species of oceanic dolphins, were slaughtered near the capital of Faroe Islands recently. Pilot Whales are one of the largest members of the dolphin family. They belong to the dolphin family Delphinidae. There are two species of pilot whales: Short-finned pilot whales(Globicephala macrorhynchus), which are mainly found […]
Alaska Peninsula : 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake
Alaska Peninsula : 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake recently struck the Alaska Peninsula region. Alaska Peninsula is a long, narrow strip of land located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends about 800 kilometres (500 miles) in a southwest direction from the mainland of Alaska. It separates the Pacific […]
Foreign Cicada : Assumed An Indian Identity
Foreign Cicada : Assumed An Indian Identity A ‘foreign’ cicada that is commonly found in several parts of South India has assumed an Indian identity. The insect species that has now been named as Purana cheeveeda (after its Malayalam name Cheeveedu) used to be mistaken for Purana tigrina, a species that was first described in […]
PM-MITRA Scheme : Mega Textile Parks In Maharashtra And Gujarat
PM-MITRA Scheme : Mega Textile Parks In Maharashtra And Gujarat Prime Minister of India has lauded the foundation stone laying of 2 mega textile parks in Maharashtra and Gujarat under the PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) scheme. PM-MITRA will offer the opportunity to create an Integrated Textiles Value Chain right from […]
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve : Birth Of Cubs
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve : Birth Of Cubs The newly notified Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve (RVTR) witnessed the birth of cubs for the first time, a year after a tigress was relocated to the park. Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve lies in the south-eastern part of Rajasthan in Bundi district with representation of both Vindhyan […]
Nomadic Elephant-23 : A bilateral Joint Military Exercise
Nomadic Elephant-23 : A bilateral Joint Military Exercise A bilateral joint military exercise “NOMADIC ELEPHANT-23” is scheduled to be conducted between India and Mongolia at Ulaanbaatar from 17 to 31 July 2023. Exercise Nomadic Elephant is the 15th edition of bilateral joint military exercise. It is an annual training event with Mongolia which is conducted […]
Export Preparedness Index (EPI) Report, 2022
Export Preparedness Index (EPI) Report, 2022: NITI Aayog is releasing the third edition of the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) for States/UTs of India for the year 2022 The report discusses India’s export performance, followed by an overview of the country’s sector-specific export performance. The report further highlights the need to develop our districts as export […]
