The Supreme Court on May 16 held that compulsory acquisition of private property for a Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Supreme Court’s Decision On Right to Property
A new study on origins of baobabs trees
A new study has uncovered the origins of baobabs trees which are famously spotted on Read More …
Sangam: Digital Twin with AI-Driven Insights Initiative
Department of Telecommunications (Ministry of Communications) has announced the selected participants for Stage 1 of Read More …
New Caledonia
Four people have died and hundreds have been arrested amid recent protests in New Caledonia, Read More …
Soil nailing and Hydroseeding method
The Tamil Nadu State highways department is undertaking the stabilisation of slopes around the Nilgiris’ Read More …
GPUaaS
India’s artificial intelligence startup Krutrim has introduced graphics processing unit as a-service (GPUaaS) for enterprises Read More …
Bio-taxis for cancer treatment
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, have developed an antigen that can hitch-hike Read More …
Local Content Requirement
According to a recent media report, the government is planning to tweak its procurement policy Read More …
Sperm whales codas
According to a recent report, sperm whales communicate using bursts of clicking noises — called Read More …
Sea anemone bleaching
Scientists at the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) have found mass sea anemone Read More …
Aurora lights
Aurora lights in red hues were visible from Ladakh’s pristine skies at night, in the Read More …
Magpies
Magpies belong to the Corvidae family of birds that includes crows, jays and ravens. Birds Read More …
Orangutan Diplomacy
Malaysia plans to give orangutans as gifts to countries that buy its palm oil as Read More …
Kerala has banned oleander flowers in temple offerings
Two Kerala government-controlled temple boards have banned use of oleander flowers in temple offerings after Read More …
What are “deadbots”?
AI ethicists have warned that “deadbots” could cause psychological harm to, and even “haunt”, their Read More …
Widal test
The Widal test is extensively used to diagnose typhoid in both public and private sectors. Read More …
“Non-market economy” classification
Vietnam has been pushing the US administration to quickly change its “non-market economy” classification to Read More …
Mammoth: World’s largest direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) plant
The world’s largest direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) plant, designed to suck planet-heating pollution Read More …
55 Cancri e
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, Read More …
Banga-Janga-Gompa–LJG Road and Shinku La tunnel
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is set to complete the construction of two key roads Read More …
Trichoderma asperellum against Foot rot or Bakanae disease
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, has developed biocontrol agent Trichoderma asperellum (2% WP), and Read More …
Kerala reports West Nile fever cases
Kerala’s health department has reported West Nile fever cases in three districts namely; Kozhikode, Malappuram Read More …
Endosymbiotic theory
Two papers published recently, one in the journal Science and another in the Cell, have Read More …
Catatumbo lightning
Catatumbo lightning is a meteorological phenomenon specific to the Catatumbo River area at Lake Maracaibo Read More …
Batillipes chandrayaani: A new species of marine tardigrade discovered from the coast of Tamil Nadu
A new species of marine tardigrade discovered from the southeast coast of Tamil Nadu has Read More …