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 […]
Tag: 18th Jul 2023
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 […]
Hoolock Gibbon : Matter Of Concern At a Global Event
Hoolock Gibbon : Matter Of Concern At a Global Event The conservation status of the hoolock gibbon, India’s only ape species, has become a matter of concern at a global event on gibbons held in China. Gibbons is the smallest and fastest ape and is found in tropical and subtropical forests in Southeast Asia. The […]
Local Currency Settlement (LCS) System : India And UAE
Local Currency Settlement (LCS) System : India And UAE India and UAE signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding on Local Currency Settlement (LCS) system. The agreement was signed between the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of the UAE. Objective is to revolutionize cross-border transactions between the two nations. Local Currency Settlement (LCS) […]
