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Facts in News Land For Life Award Shyam Sundar Jyani, a Rajasthan-based climate activist, has won the prestigious United Nations’ Land for Life Award for his environment conservation concept, Familial Forestry. Familial Forestry means transferring the care of the tree and environment in the family so that a tree becomes a part of the family’s […]

Facts in News Indira Gandhi Canal Recently, the repair and relining of the Indira Gandhi Canal has been accomplished, restoring 70 km of both the main canal and the feeder distributaries in Rajasthan and parts of Punjab. Previously known as the Rajasthan Canal, it was renamed the Indira Gandhi Canal on 2nd November 1984.  The […]

Facts in News Cicadas Recently, billions of periodical cicadas have emerged across eastern parts of the USA. Periodical cicadas, of the genus Magicicadae, are called so because of their 13- or 17-year life cycle. In any given place, they come out only once every 13 or 17 years. Occasionally, part of a population will come […]

Facts in News Stygarctus Keralensis Recently, New tardigrade species named Stygarctus keralensis were discovered from Vadakara. They are tiny, they are tough, and the latest of their ilk to be identified has been named after Kerala. The new tardigrade is a species of the genus Stygarctus. It  is the eighth species named under the genus […]

Facts in News SilverLine Project Recently, the Kerala cabinet has given the green light to begin acquiring land for the SilverLine project. It entails building a semi high-speed railway corridor through the state linking its southern end and state capital Thiruvananthapuram with its northern end of Kasaragod. It is proposed to be 529.45 kms long, […]

Facts in News Gelatin Sticks Recently, the police has seized about 96 gelatin sticks from an isolated property along the forest fringes of Konni in the district. Gelatin sticks are cheap explosive materials used by industries for the purpose of mining and construction related work, like building structures, roads, rails and tunnels etc.  They cannot […]

Facts in News Raja Parba Festival Recently, the Prime Minister of India has greeted the people of Odisha on the festival of Raja Parba. Odisha observes Raja Parba festival to combat prejudices that surround the menstrual cycle and celebrates a girl’s womanhood. A four-day festival celebrated every year in June, it calls for women to […]

Facts in News Jiyo Parsi Scheme The scheme resulted in a rise in the number of births in the Parsi community. It was formulated by the Ministry of Minority Affairs in September 2013. Objective: To reverse the declining trend of Parsi population by adopting a scientific protocol and structured interventions to  stabilize their population and […]