KAZA 2024 Heads of State Summit was held in Livingstone, Zambia. The delegates renewed calls Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA)
Pre-packaged insolvency resolution process (PIRP)
In the three years since its launch, the prepackaged insolvency resolution process (PIRP) has had Read More …
Clear-air turbulence
One passenger died of a suspected heart attack and 30 others were injured after a Read More …
High-Altitude Platforms (HAP)
India is on course to join a very select club of countries that have their Read More …
Oedocladium sahyadricum: A new species of algal
A group of researchers has discovered a new algal species named Oedocladium sahyadricum in the Read More …
Mauxi village rock carvings
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has now confirmed that ancient rock carvings found in Read More …
India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has entered a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Read More …
Scarborough Shoal
The Philippines has demanded that China open Scarborough Shoal to international scrutiny. The Philippines has Read More …
What is Tick Size?
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced to reduce tick size — or the minimum Read More …
Cost Inflation Index (CII)
The income tax department has notified the Cost Inflation Index for the current fiscal beginning Read More …
Zero Debris Charter
Twelve nations have signed the Zero Debris Charter at the ESA/EU Space Council on May Read More …
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Mission
The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissions at Earth’s Read More …
Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists
The report titled “Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists” was launched in Read More …
Shallow Aquifer Management (SAM) model
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in a latest intervention has taken up Shallow Aquifer Read More …
Himalayan ibex
Wildlife authorities in Himachal Pradesh’s high altitude, cold desert district of Lahaul & Spiti have Read More …
Naegleria fowleri: Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)
In May 2024, a five-year-old girl undergoing treatment for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) died at Read More …
Meitei Sagol
The Manipur State Government has recently joined hands with various organisations and associations to save Read More …
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC)
An inter-ministerial Indian delegation on the framework agreement on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC) Read More …
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs)
In their latest ‘Dietary Guidelines for Indians (DGIs)’, the ICRM advised against the consumption of Read More …
Subcritical nuclear test
Recently, the United States conducted a subcritical nuclear test at Nevada. The experiment, the third Read More …
Baul music
In May 2024, a Indo-Bangla Baul music festival was held in Dhaka to celebrate the Read More …
Finternet
Multiple financial ecosystems interconnected with each other is called Finternet, much like the internet.
Calcium carbide and Ethylene
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has alerted traders’/fruits handlers/Food Business Operators Read More …
Muria tribes’ deda seed preservation method
The internally displaced Muria tribal community of Godavari valley is still practising ‘deda’, a traditional Read More …
Animal kingdom’s tool-wielding club
Sea otters are the new members of the animal kingdom’s tool-wielding club. A recent study Read More …