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Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Picocystis Salinarum
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week
The World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week takes place from November 18-24 every year. Biosecurity protocol
Rapid Innovation and Startup Expansion (RISE)
Atal Innovation Mission (NITI Aayog) launched a new accelerator called Rapid Innovation and Startup Expansion Read More …
Gambusia affinis and Gambusia holbrooki
Various government and non-governmental organisations in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Punjab have released mosquitofish into Read More …
WASP-107b
A team of European astronomers used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope Read More …
E prime layer
According to a new study, the formation of new enigmatic layer – E prime layer Read More …
EU approves use of herbicide Glyphosate for another 10 years
The European Union (Eu) approved the use of the controversial herbicide Glyphosate for another 10 Read More …
Soka Gakkai
In Japan, the former head of the largest religious Buddhist organisation ‘Soka Gakkai’, Daisaku Ikeda Read More …
Megabeds discovered in the Mediterranean Sea
According to a new research, huge “megabeds” from ancient supervolcano eruptions are hiding at the Read More …
Pacific Engagement Visa
Australia’s recent Pacific Engagement Visa has enabled up t o 3,000 workers and their families Read More …
ICCR’s Annapurna certificate
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, has awarded the inaugural Read More …
Mars solar conjunction
Recently, NASA announced that it will stop sending commands to any of the Mars probes Read More …
SATH-E Project
To enhance the learning experience for students in government-run-and-aided schools across India, NITI Aayog has Read More …
Thalidomide tragedy
The Australian government will issue a formal apology to people affected by thalidomide.
High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS)
The High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) payload, onboard the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, has captured Read More …
Ben Gurion Canal project
The proposed Ben Gurion Canal project would connect the Gulf of Aqaba (the eastern arm Read More …
Pump Storage Projects (PSP) in de-coaled coal mines
Ministry of Coal is planning to develop Pump Storage Projects (PSP) in de-coaled coal mines, Read More …
Egg-laying mammal echidna finally rediscovered after 60 years
A rare species of an ancient egg-laying mammal echidna named after broadcaster David Attenborough has Read More …
EU Nature restoration law
Negotiators from the European Parliament and European Council on 9th November reached a provisional political Read More …
Geoglyph discovered in Telangana
A geoglyph in the form of a circle, said to be 3,000 years old (dating Read More …
Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), 2017
Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA), in its World Energy Outlook 2023, report has highlighted that Read More …
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
NATO on 7th November announced the formal suspension of “Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Read More …
Observatories in Ladakh spotted an intense red aurora
Recently, the Hanle and Merak observatories in Ladakh spotted a phenomenon uncommon in India — Read More …
What are Green crackers?
Green crackers are so named because they do not contain harmful chemicals that would cause Read More …
Deepfakes and regulation
Government of India has issued an advisory to social media intermediaries to identify misinformation and Read More …