Chichen Itza: A stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game has been discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The circular piece, measuring just over 32 centimetres in diameter and weighing 40 kilograms displays hieroglyphic writing surrounding two players standing next to a ball that was […]
Tag: 14th Apr 2023
Bishnoi Community : Protest
Bishnoi Community : Protest People from the Bishnoi community are protesting against the “widespread” felling of Khejri trees for setting up solar power plants in Rajasthan. Bishnoi community belong to a Hindu religious sect found in the Western Thar Desert and some northern states of India. They trace their origins to the teachings of Guru […]
National Career Service Portal
National Career Service Portal: Around 35.7 lakh vacancies have been reported by employers on the National Career Service portal during the year 2022-23 compared to around 13 lakh vacancies in 2021- 22. National Career Service portal is one of the mission-mode projects under the umbrella of the E-Governance Plan. It was launched in the year […]
Juice Mission : European Space Agency
Juice Mission : European Space Agency The European Space Agency is set to launch the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons, namely Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. Juice Mission launched from French Guiana on an Ariane 5 launcher. The mission is set to reach Jupiter in 2031. The spacecraft […]
Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider: Currently, engineers are warming up the LHC for its third season of operations,with upgrades. Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest science experiment that smashes tiny particles called hadrons together at really high speeds. It uses protons as the particles and has a long circular pipe where they’re accelerated. LHC is […]
Zero Click Spyware
Zero Click Spyware: An Israeli company’s (QuaDream Ltd) Spyware has been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy organizations across at least 10 countries – according to new research published Tuesday by Microsoft Corp and the internet watchdog Citizen Lab. Spyware refers to software programs that are designed to collect data from a computer or […]
Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)
Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF): Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in Andhra Pradesh have yielded more produce than conventional methods. Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a method of chemical-free agriculture drawing from traditional Indian practices. It was originally promoted by agriculturist and Padma Shri recipient Subhash Palekar. He developed it in the mid-1990s as […]
25 Years Of Good Friday Agreement
25 Years Of Good Friday Agreement: American President ,Joe Biden visited Belfast to mark 25 years of Good Friday Agreement. The Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement is a historic peace agreement that ended the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. It was was signed on April 10, 1998. It was signed between […]
