Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited: Hutti Gold Mines, the only functional gold mine in the country, earned a whopping ₹633.34 crores more in 2025-26, thanks to the skyrocketing price of gold in the world market. Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited (HGML) is a Government of Karnataka undertaking established in 1947. It has the unique distinction […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Rumen Fluke
Rumen Fluke: Around 70 cattle have died in Odisha’s Kendrapada district recently, with the chief district veterinary officer attributing most of the deaths to amphistomes, or rumen flukes disease, locally known as ‘Kurmi’. Rumen flukes are parasites of ruminants and occur worldwide. They have a snail intermediate host. The adult parasites live in the rumen […]
Machkund Hydroelectric Project
Machkund Hydroelectric Project: A major fire broke out at the Machkund Hydroelectric Project located on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border recently. It is a 120 MW hydropower project located in the Koraput district of Odisha along the border with Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the western slopes of the Eastern Ghats near the well-known Duduma […]
Zwan-Wolf Effect
Zwan-Wolf Effect: NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft recently recorded something Mars has never shown before, which is the Zwan-Wolf effect. Zwan-Wolf Effect is a process where charged particles are squeezed along magnetic structures, known as flux tubes. The Zwan-Wolf effect was discovered in 1976 and has so far only been observed in planetary magnetospheres and not their […]
Blue Straggler Star
Blue Straggler Star: Researchers have made the world’s first confirmed discovery of a blue straggler star hosting a brown dwarf companion in an extraordinarily compact binary system. Blue Straggler Stars are hot, blue, massive stars seem to have a different trajectory of evolution from the norm. These are a class of star observed in old, […]
SHE-MART Initiative : I
SHE-MART Initiative: The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has initiated a nationwide roadmap for the creation of women-led rural marketing ecosystems through SHE-MARTs initiative. SHE-MART (Self Help Entrepreneurs-Marketing Avenues for Rural Transformation) is a Government of India initiative to empower women entrepreneurs by creating community-owned retail outlets within cluster-level federations of self-help groups. It is […]
What is the Captagon?
What is the Captagon? The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has intensified its crackdown on transnational drug syndicates, culminating in Operation RAGEPILL, which resulted in India’s first-ever seizure of the psychotropic substance Captagon. The agency arrested the kingpin of an India-Myanmar drug network in Delhi and promoted Himachal Pradesh’s ‘anti-heroin’ model, highlighting India’s shift from local […]
SC Allows Euthanasia of Rabid and Dangerous Stray Dogs
SC Allows Euthanasia of Rabid and Dangerous Stray Dogs: The Supreme Court of India has permitted civic authorities to take legally permissible measures, including euthanasia, for rabid, incurably ill, or aggressively dangerous stray dogs in accordance with the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023. Strict Ban on Street Feeding: The bench upheld its previous directives […]
US Clears Apache & Howitzer Support for India
US Clears Apache & Howitzer Support for India: The United States approved sustainment support and related equipment for AH-64E Apache helicopters and M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers for India, further boosting bilateral defence ties. Apache Helicopters: The AH-64 Apache is an advanced multi-role combat helicopter used by the US Army and several international defence forces. The Apache […]
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management: The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) recently completed the documentation and ground-truthing of all but 11 of Maharashtra’s 23,415 wetlands. National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) was established by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in 2011 as an autonomous institution to support […]
