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Piprahwa Relics

Piprahwa Relics: A portion of the holy Piprahwa Relics of Lord Buddha, brought from India, were on Saturday enshrined at Thimpu’s prominent monastery, Tashichhodzong, considered the seat of Bhutan’s highest spiritual and political institutions. The Piprahwa Relics are a collection of sacred artifacts discovered in 1898 at the Piprahwa Stupa in Uttar Pradesh, It is […]

Kochi hosted the first BIMSTEC-India Marine Research Network

Kochi hosted the first BIMSTEC-India Marine Research Network: Kochi hosted the first BIMSTEC-India Marine Research Network (BIMReN) Conference to boost blue economy cooperation. BIMSTEC-India Marine Research Network Conference is a biennial regional platform for facilitating collaboration among the researchers in the Bay of Bengal Region, sustainable development of blue economy by networking the researchers in […]

The Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021

The Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021: The Supreme Court expressed strong displeasure over the Union Government’s repeated adjournment requests in the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021 case. The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, enacted on 13 August 2021, seeks to streamline and rationalize tribunals by abolishing several appellate bodies and transferring their functions to High Courts. It replaces […]

Four New Lichen Species

Four New Lichen Species: Researchers recently discovered four new lichen species, enhancing biodiversity understanding in the Western Ghats. The newly identified species – Parmotrema sahyadricum (discovered from Wayanad), Solenopsora rhizomorpha (from Eravikulam and Mathikettanshola National Parks), Buelloa ghattensis (Mathikettanshola National Park) and Pyxine janakiae (Mathikettanshola National Park) – have been published in international scientific journals. […]