Panch Karma Sankalp: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, made five major announcements focusing on green shipping and digitization of ports. During the Chintan Shivir, Sarbananda Sonowal unveiled the ‘Panch Karma Sankalp,’ which represents the five major announcements made by the ministry. The five major announcements made during the event were […]
Tag: 24th May 2023
International Day For Biological Diversity 2023
International Day For Biological Diversity 2023: The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), celebrated on 22nd May 2023, raises awareness about the importance of biodiversity for sustaining life on Earth. The Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services highlights the risk of extinction for around one million species. To address the biodiversity crisis, the […]
Pangenome Reference Map
Pangenome Reference Map: A new study has been published in the Nature journal describing a Pangenome Reference Map, built using genomes from 47 anonymous individuals (19 men and 28 women), mainly from Africa but also from the Caribbean, Americas, East Asia, and Europe. A reference genome or reference map is like a standard map that […]
Orang National Park : Old Age Rhino Dies
Orang National Park : Old Age Rhino Dies One old age Rhino dies due to infighting in Orang National Park and tiger reserve. Orang National Park is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam, India. It was established as a sanctuary in 1985 and declared […]
FIPIC Summit, 2023
FIPIC Summit, 2023: Prime minister of India meets with Pacific Island nation leaders on sidelines of FIPIC Summit in Papua New Guinea. The third forum for India-Pacific islands co-operation (FIPIC Summit), which was held today at Port Moresby was jointly hosted with Papua New Guinea. Prime minister of India co- chaired the summit with PM […]
NVS-01 : ISRO
NVS-01 : ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch the navigation satellite ‘NVS-01’ onboard its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission is designed to deploy the NVS-01 navigation satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). NVS-01 is the first in the series of […]
GBU-57
GBU-57: The US Military recently posted pictures of a powerful bomb called the GBU-57, designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities. It is known as the “Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)”. It is a GPS-guided, earth-penetrating strike weapon for use against hard and deeply buried targets. MOP is one of the most […]
44th Edition Of The Coveted Annual ISO COPOLCO Plenary
44th Edition Of The Coveted Annual ISO COPOLCO Plenary: India is hosting the 44th edition of the coveted annual ISO COPOLCO Plenary from 23-26 May 2023 in New Delhi. COPOLCO : The Committee on Consumer Policy of the International Organization for Standardization This event is being organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the […]
