Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft C-130J airlifted critical medical supplies to Male, Maldives as ‘Operation Sanjeevani’ on April 2, 2020. Maldives has faced shortage of essential medical supplies as its connectivity with India– its main source of medical supplies, was Read More …
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NASA Announces SunRISE Mission to study solar particle storms
US space agency NASA has announced a SunRISE research mission to study the mysterious phenomenon of solar particle storms. About the Mission Under the mission, called Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE), NASA will use a constellation of six solar powered Read More …
Tokyo Olympic Games to begin on July 23, 2021
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 has been rescheduled and now it will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021, almost exactly a year after the Games were to commence this year. The Paralympic Games, which were supposed to start Read More …
Evidence of Lost Continent found in Kimberlite from Canada
A piece of a lost continent has been discovered in South Canada’s Baffin Island hiding in rocks that originated in Earth’s interior, where diamonds form. The continent evidence was concealed in a type of diamond-bearing volcanic rock, known as kimberlite. The kimberlite Read More …
Mexico born Valeria Luiselli wins Rathbones Folio prize 2020
Mexican-born novelist and essayist Valeria Luiselli has won the £30,000 Rathbones Folio prize for her novel Lost Children Archive. She is the first woman to win the prize since its inception in 2013. Luiselli was inspired to write Lost Children Archive by her Read More …
Union Cabinet approves India and Germany MoU between in Railway sector
The Union Cabinet on March 25, 2020 approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Railways with DB Engineering & Consulting GMBH of Germany for technological cooperation in Railway Sector. The MoU was signed in February, 2020. This Read More …
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2020 Theme
Amid the coronavirus lockdown, the World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed on March 24, 2020. Theme: This year the theme of this day was: ‘It’s Time to End TB . The theme focuses on urgently accelerating the TB response to Read More …
Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
The Tokyo Olympics 2020, originally scheduled to be held from July 24 to August 9, 2020, has been postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic . Earlier instances: This is the first such delay in the Olympics Games’ 124-year modern Read More …
Ikaria wariootia-Scientists discovered ancestor for almost all living creatures
Researchers have found a worm-like creature that lived 555 million years ago which is the ancestor for almost all living creatures. It was found in Nilpena, South Australia. Earliest known bilaterian: The creature, called Ikaria wariootia, is the earliest known bilaterian, a creature with Read More …
IND-SAT Exam under the Study in India to be held in Mid May
The IND-SAT examination under the Study in India (SII) scheme for foreign students will be held in May 2020. About IND-SAT programme The Government of India has launched the new scheme IND-SAT ( Indian Scholastic Assessment: IND-SAT) Study in India Read More …
India and France joint patrolling from Reunion Island
The Indian Navy conducted a joint patrol with the French Navy from the Reunion Island in February 2020. India has so far carried out coordinated patrols only with maritime neighbours. The joint patrolling with France signals India’s intent to engage Read More …
Finland is world’s happiest country, India ranks 144
Finland was once again adjudged as the world’s happiest country, extending its lead over Denmark and Switzerland, according to a United Nations-affiliated research network. For the third year in a row, Finland has been named the world’s happiest country. Finland came top Read More …
Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis Win Abel Prize 2020
Two mathematicians Hillel Furstenberg (Israel) and Gregory Margulis ( Russian-American) will share the 2020 Abel Prize — one of the field’s most prestigious awards. The two winners will share 7.5 million Norwegian kroner, or about US$ 625,000. These mathematicians used Read More …
India has 38 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
India has 38 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The world heritage sites are well conserved and in good shape. The details of World Heritage Sites are as below:- WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA (38) CULTURAL SITES: Under Protection of Archaeological Survey Read More …
What is “One Health” approach?
With world goes into emergency mode to tackle the potentially catastrophic impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), India has an example of One Health approach based Kerala Model. In 2018, Kerala reacted quickly and efficiently to tackle the Nipah virus Read More …