Tornado Struck In West Bengal: A deadly tornado struck in West Bengal and killed five people and injured over a 100. An increasing number of tornadoes have formed across India and caused destruction. A warming Bay of Bengal and land, along with anomalous wind patterns could be a reason behind this. A tornado is a […]
Category: Current Affairs
Orangutan Treats Wound With Medicinal Plant
Orangutan Treats Wound With Medicinal Plant: An orangutan named Rakus in Sumatra (Indonesia) treated a facial wound with a medicinal plant called Akar Kuning (Fibraurea tinctoria).Scientists say they’ve observed an orangutan named Rakus appearing to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant. It’s the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe […]
Diplomatic Passport
Diplomatic Passport: After sexual abuse allegations surfaced against Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna, he fled to Germany using a diplomatic passport. Diplomatic passports are issued to individuals representing a country on official diplomatic missions or government business. They are used by diplomats, government officials, and sometimes their immediate family members. These passports are a […]
Standard Essential Patents : Challenges For India’s Telecom Manufacturing Sector
Standard Essential Patents: Challenges For India’s Telecom Manufacturing Sector The judiciary’s involvement in standard essential patents (SEPs) poses challenges for India’s telecom manufacturing sector. Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are patents that cover technologies adopted as industry standards, crucial for ensuring interoperability among different products and systems. These patents are essential for implementing a particular standard, […]
Lakshya Aircraft
Lakshya Aircraft: Aeronautical Development Establishment, a Bengaluru-based DRDO lab that developed the Lakshya aircraft, has been visited by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Lakshya Aircraft is an indigenously developed micro-light and pilot-less target aircraft. It designed and built by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a subsidiary of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), […]
Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) Technology
Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) Technology: A Rs 60,000 crore contract to modernize the Indian Navy submarine fleet to build six stealth submarines equipped with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) technology has started. With the emergence of submarines, there was a problem finding satisfactory forms of propulsion underwater. Traditional diesel-electric submarines need to surface frequently to charge […]
Integrated Pensioners Portal
Integrated Pensioners Portal: The government’s Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare recently started the Integrated Pensioners’ Portal in collaboration with Bank of India. Integrated Pensioners’ Portal is specifically designed to ensure complete digitization of the pension processing and payment system. It combines the pension processing and payment services of five banks (Bank of India, State […]
Boeing Starliner
Boeing Starliner: An Atlas V rocket is set to lift off with a team of two veteran astronauts sitting inside a crew capsule called Starliner, built by Boeing. Starliner is a spacecraft that transports astronauts into space after being launched there by a rocket. It consists of a crew capsule and a service module. The […]
Koothandavar Festival
Koothandavar Festival: Koothandavar festival at Koovagam in Tamil Nadu plays out a tale of marriage and widowhood, all in a day. Koothandavar festival takes place in Koovagam of Tamil Nadu. It is the annual event, steeped in tradition, garners global attention for its unique celebration of the transgender identity. In a Tamil version of the […]
Paliyar Tribes : Demand
Paliyar Tribes : Demand A recent research carried out on ‘Paliyar Tribals in Kodaikanal and Theni areas’ urged the State government to take necessary and immediate steps to uplift the Paliyar tribes as well as the other such Adivasi communities. Paliyar Tribe has been derived from the word ‘Palaniyan’ , which in Tamil language means […]
