Grammy Awards 2024: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, congratulated musicians Ustad Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chaurasia, Shankar Mahadevan, Selvaganesh V and Ganesh Rajagopalan for winning the Grammy award. Grammy Awards are presented by the Recording Academy of the US. The awards are presented to recognize the works of the music industry. The first Grammy Awards […]
Tag: 7th Feb 2024
First National Conference On The Promotion Of Seaweed Cultivation
First National Conference On The Promotion Of Seaweed Cultivation: The first National Conference on the Promotion of Seaweed Cultivation took place at Koteshwar, Kutch in Gujarat. It was chaired by Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala . Implementing seaweed cultivation on a pan-India basis, emphasizing the promotion of seaweed cultivation […]
India Energy Week 2024
India Energy Week 2024: The Prime Minister of India inaugurated the India Energy Week (IEW) 2024 in Goa and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) Sea Survival Centre, and also participated in the Viksit Bharat, Viksit Goa 2047 programme. India Energy Week 2024 is being held from 6th to 9th February in Goa. […]
What Is Humboldt’s Enigma?
What Is Humboldt’s Enigma? Humboldt’s enigma has garnered increased attention in the field of ecology as researchers seek to understand the unexpected biodiversity found in mountain ecosystems, challenging traditional beliefs. Sparked by Alexander von Humboldt’s observations, it questions the conventional notion that tropical regions, fueled by ample sunlight, are the primary centres of biodiversity on […]
Renewables 2023 Report : IEA
Renewables 2023 Report : IEA The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s recent Renewables 2023 report paints a complex picture of the renewable energy sector, highlighting both progress and challenges. Major Highlights of the Renewables 2023 Report: Global annual renewable capacity additions surged by nearly 50% to almost 510 gigawatts (GW) in 2023, marking the fastest growth […]
Guidelines On State Guarantees On Borrowings : RBI
Guidelines On State Guarantees On Borrowings : RBI A Working Group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made certain recommendations to address issues relating to Guarantees extended by State governments. The Working Group constituted during the 32nd Conference of the State Finance Secretaries held in July 2022. The term Guarantee should be […]
Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar Programme
Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar Programme: The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism And Development of North Eastern Region informed the Lok Sabha about the Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar programme. Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar programme is a pan-India initiative of the Ministry of Culture under the National Mission on Cultural Mapping and was launched on 27th July […]
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite : NASA
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite : NASA Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have recently discovered and characterised a habitable zone planet named TOI-715b. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA mission that’s searching for planets orbiting the brightest stars in Earth’s sky. The satellite is a follow-up to NASA’s highly […]
ABHYAS : Flight Trials
ABHYAS : Flight Trials The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted four flight trials of the high-speed expendable aerial target ‘ABHYAS’ recently. ABHYAS is a high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT). It is designed by the DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE). ABHYAS offers a realistic threat scenario for the practice of weapon systems. It […]
Messinian Event
Messinian Event: The Geological Institute of Israel recently uncovered a never-before-known underwater canyon near Cyprus that dates back to the Messinian Event. Messinian Event also known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), the Messinian event was a geological event during which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation (drying […]
