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Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC)
Doctrine of harmonious construction
The Supreme Court on April 08 laid down eight principles by providing harmonious construction to Read More …
START programme
The Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST) has been designated as the Nodal Centre Read More …
Scope 3 emissions
Scope 3 emissions are the result of activities from assets not owned or controlled by Read More …
Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
A recent decision by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), permitting carbon offsetting for Scope Read More …
Igla-S Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS)
The Indian Army has received the first batch of 24 Russia-made Igla-S Man Portable Air Read More …
TSAT-1A satellite
The Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has successfully deployed its sub-metre optical satellite in space.
DESI Makes the Most Precise Measurement of Expanding Universe
To study dark energy’s effects over the past 11 billion years, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Read More …
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)
According to a recent report, hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) has been illegally entering European soils despite existing Read More …
Path of Totality
North America witnessed a rare astronomical phenomenon – a total solar eclipse on April 8, Read More …
Phanigiri coins
Telangana’s Department of Heritage has recently unearthed a coin hoard at Phanigiri, a renowned Buddhist Read More …
Sannati Buddhist centre
Historians believe that the Sannati Ranamandal in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district was a fortified area spreading Read More …
Exchange-traded rupee derivatives
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deferred implementing its new rules on exchange-traded rupee derivatives Read More …
Padta Bet Harappan settlement
Archaeologists from Kerala University have found a 5,200-year old Harappan settlement at Padta Bet, around Read More …
Paira cropping system
Due to climate change, the Paira cropping system in Odisha has dwindled in recent years. Read More …
World’s most powerful laser
A research centre in Romania activated the world’s most powerful laser, which promises revolutionary advances Read More …
President Murmu launches first homegrown CAR T-cell therapy for cancer patients
President Droupadi Murmu on April 4 launched India’s first indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy for treatment Read More …
Tornado
Recently, a deadly tornado struck the Mainaguri area of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal for Read More …
Indian laurel tree
Recently, the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department authorities cut the bark of an Indian laurel tree Read More …
PRATUSH Telescope
PRATUSH (Probing ReionizATion of the Universe using Signal from Hydrogen) is a proposed high-resolution radio Read More …
Taiwan earthquake and Ring of Fire
Ten people died and more than 1,000 were injured in Taiwan after the island was Read More …
Havana syndrome
Russian dismissed a joint media investigation which found evidence that a Russian military intelligence unit Read More …
SCORES 2.0.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India – SEBI has launched a new and more Read More …
Azadirachtin
Researchers at the School of Biotechnology (JNU) have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based tool to predict Read More …
Kallakkadal
Recently, high sea waves or swell waves, had flooded numerous houses in the Kerala’s coastal Read More …