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SLINEX-23

In News Recently  India –Srilanka has participated in an annual bilateral maritime exercise. About The 10th edition of India Sri Lanka  annual bilateral maritime Exercise SLINEX-23 is underway  at Colombo . The Indian Navy is represented by INS Kiltan, an indigenous Kamorta class ASW corvette and INS Savitri, an Offshore Patrol Vessel. SLINEX aims at […]

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

In News Recently, the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) linked a made in India  product with contamination of a highly drug-resistant bacteria. These had been allegedly traced to eyedrops under the brand name EzriCare Artificial Tears which has been manufactured by Chennai-based Global Pharma Healthcare. About Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common […]

Artificial meteor showers could soon be a reality: Report

In News According to a report, Tokyo-based ALE is set to launch the satellite in 2025 and it hopes to give people all over the world “the opportunity to view the world’s first live human-made meteor shower.” About The project is called Sky Canvas and it is designed to collect atmospheric data in the mesosphere, […]

U.N. Water Conference 2023

In News Recently, the United Nations 2023 Water Conference was held in New York. About The Conference was held after a gap of 46 years. It coincided with the  review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028). The review was necessitated after realisation that   we are not on […]

Time to put a price on carbon emissions

In Context India can take the lead, as president of the G-20 this year, in carbon pricing, which will open unexpected avenues of decarbonisation. About Carbon pricing Meaning: Carbon pricing is an instrument that captures the external costs of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the costs of emissions that the public pays for, such as damage […]

Einstein Tile

In News Recently  Mathematicians have discovered  an “einstein tile” About An “einstein tile” – a shape that could be singularly used to create a non-repeating (aperiodic) pattern on an infinitely large plane. Here, “einstein” is a play on German ein stein or “one stone” – not to be confused with Albert Einstein, the famous German […]

Provisional Tax collections

In News Recently, the Finance Ministry released  provisional data regarding FY 2022-23 Tax collections.  About   India’s net direct tax collections have risen 17.63% in 2022-23 to touch ?16.61 lakh crore, exceeding the revised estimates target for the year by 0.7%. Corporate tax contribution to  gross direct tax  was ?10.04 lakh crore, just a tad […]

Nagri Dubraj rice gets Geographical Indication Tag

In News The Geographical Indication Registry granted Chhattisgarh’s aromatic rice, Nagri Dubraj, a geographical indication (GI) tag. The Morena and Rewa Mango (both Madhya Pradesh) have also given the Tag. About Nagri Dubraj Rice It is produced by a women’s self-help group. The women’s self-help group “Maa Durga Swasahayata Samuh ” of Nagri in Dhamtari […]

50 years as Project Tiger Reserve

In News Recently, Bandipur completed 50 years as Project Tiger Reserve. About Bandipur was among the first nine reserves to be brought under the flagship programme of Project Tiger in 1973,  it included most areas that were already a protected area as Venugopal Wildlife Park. It is situated in two contiguous districts (Mysore and Chamarajanagar) […]

Eravikulam National Park gets a Fernarium

In News Eravikulam National Park (ENP), the natural habitat of Nilgiri tahr in Munnar, has a new attraction — a Fernarium setup inside the park. About Ferns Ferns are part of the Epiphytic family. They grow naturally in a soilless condition. The plants obtain water and nutrients through leaching from trees.  Ferns are a diverse […]