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Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Meteor (Bolide) Causes Sonic Boom Over Northeastern United State
Potato Patch discovered near Kadmat Island in Lakshadweep
Researchers have documented what could be the largest known living coral colony in the world Read More …
Beaufort Castle
Why in News? Israel has reportedly reoccupied Beaufort Castle, a strategically significant medieval fortress in Read More …
What is ‘Kill Switch’?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is exploring the introduction of a ‘Kill Switch’ mechanism Read More …
Cleavable Light-Erased Antibody Reporter (CLEAR)
Researchers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research have developed a novel imaging Read More …
What is GAESA?
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, recently criticised Cuba’s military-run business conglomerate GAESA, blaming it Read More …
Big Island
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck near Honaunau-Napoopoo on the Big Island of Hawaii on Read More …
What is the Thucydides Trap?
Why in News? At a recent US–China summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Read More …
Alfvénic or kink waves
Scientists from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, and Indian Institute of Technology Read More …
NCDEX Launches “RAINMUMBAI”: India’s First Exchange-Traded Weather Derivative
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) is set to launch RAINMUMBAI on May 29, Read More …
What is Countercyclical Capital Buffer?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it will not activate the Countercyclical Read More …
Zwan-Wolf effect
Scientists studying data from NASA’s MAVEN Mission have discovered a rare atmospheric phenomenon in the Read More …
BIRSA 101
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, in collaboration with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Read More …
CAR-T cell therapy
The Technology Development Board (TDB) has signed an agreement with Helix Cell Therapeutics Private Limited, Read More …
Construction Worker Welfare Cess
The Government of India has notified a 1 per cent construction worker welfare cess on Read More …
Supreme Court seeks expert report from AIIMS on Apnea Test
The Supreme Court of India has expressed a prima facie finding of a “ring of Read More …
Komagata Maru Incident
Why in the News? Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh recently referred to the Komagata Maru Incident Read More …
What is Ecocide?
Why in the News?“Ecocide” is increasingly being discussed globally in the context of strengthening environmental Read More …
Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) network
Why in the News? India has significantly expanded its Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) network—from 14 Read More …
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)
Why in the News?The Union Ministry of Coal has signed Coal Mine/Block Production and Development Read More …
Cyborg Plants
Why in the News?“Cyborg plants” are gaining attention as researchers advance technologies that allow plants Read More …
UN-System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)
Why in the News?The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has been highlighting Read More …
Mānuka honey
Why in the News? Under the recently signed India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, market access Read More …
Cerium-Magnesium Changesite
China has announced the discovery of a new mineral from the Moon, adding to the Read More …
Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI)
The latest Trade Watch Quarterly report released by NITI Aayog for Q3 FY2025–26 highlights contrasting Read More …