For the first time, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
General Comment No. 26: New UN guidance affirms children’s right to a clean, healthy environment
Emperor penguins
According to a recent report published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, up to Read More …
National Carbon Registry
UNDP has developed an open-source software which allows countries to effectively manage national data and Read More …
Ophidascaris robertsi
In a world first, neurosurgeon say an 8cm (3in) round worm called “Ophidascaris robertsi” has Read More …
Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
According to a research paper, a combination of global warming and a cyclical event called Read More …
Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
Primatologists have suggested rerouting a 1.65-km-long railway track that has divided an eastern Assam sanctuary Read More …
Cryptozoology and ‘Cryptid’
On August 26-27, ‘monster hunters’ converged on Loch Ness, the lake in the Scottish Highlands Read More …
XQ-58A “Valkyrie”
An experimental XQ-58A “Valkyrie” drone has officially been flown under artificial intelligence control, the US Read More …
Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar
The Union Ministry of Finance in association with State Governments, is launching an ‘Invoice incentive Read More …
FIDE Chess World Cup 2023
In Chess, Magnus Carlsen of Norway beat India’s R. Praggnanandhaa in tie-breaks to win the Read More …
Near side of the moon
The Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 landed on the near side of the moon. The near Read More …
Mylara cult
The recent discovery of two sculptures at Basrur, near Kundapura, in Udupi district has proved Read More …
Biomonitors
While foraging for nectar, pollen and water, honey bees are constantly picking up contaminants from Read More …
Common Research and Technology Development Hubs (CRTDHs)
In view to create an enabling environment for nurturing Industrial Research and developing innovative products Read More …
Alcanivorax borkumensis
A team of environmental scientists has found that one kind of oil-eating microbe reshapes droplets Read More …
US-FDA approved first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine
The United States of America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first respiratory Read More …
Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP)
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways launched the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat Read More …
Wolf-Rayet star
Using multiple telescopes around the world, astronomers from the University of Amsterdam and elsewhere have Read More …
Thoppikkallu
A large number of megalithic hat stones were found from a single site during a Read More …
Deboosting
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 20 announced that the Vikram Lander Module Read More …
Matti banana GI tag
The Matti banana variety, native to Kanniyakumari district was recently granted the Geographical Indication (GI) Read More …
Zero-day vulnerability
A new indigenous software technology solution can now proactively detect and prevent zero-day vulnerability attacks Read More …
Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio (ICRR)
On August 10, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked banks to maintain an incremental Read More …
Lachin Corridor
Recently, Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over Read More …
Demon particle
A team of researchers led by Peter Abbamonte, a professor of physics at the University Read More …