-According to a scientific paper published in The Journal of Threatened Taxa (an international journal on conservation and taxonomy) a new night frog species ‘Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi’ was discovered from Kerala. -The frog has been named after wildlife scientist Mewa Singh, in honour Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
NASA’S Parker Solar Probe for Sun
US space agency, NASA is turning 60 in 2018 and on this occasion it is planning to launch a slew of important missions in 2018. -One of those planned mission for 2018 is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to explore the Sun’s Read More …
‘Tetramorium krishnani’ and ‘Tetramorium jarawa’: New species of ants in Andman
Scientists of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan have discovered two new endemic species of ant in Andman. These species were named ‘Tetramorium krishnani’ and ‘Tetramorium jarawa’ in Read More …
World’s first double whirlpool discovered
-Finally, scientists have discovered the world’s first double whirlpool, which was earlier existed only in theory. -Scientist of University of Liverpool, London have done this miracle. -Scientists have discovered this unique world’s first double whirlpool, called Modons, in Tasman sea. Read More …
Madhya Pradesh recorded largest tiger deaths in 2017
According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), total 95 tiger deaths were recorded in 2017. It is less 2 of 2016. As per the report, Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest tiger death in the country for a second consecutive Read More …
China ivory sale ban came into effect
-China’s complete ban on ivory trade came into effect on December 31, 2017. -All of the country’s licensed ivory carving factories and retailers have been closed. -Chinese President Xi Jinping and then U.S. President Barack Obama had reached on a Read More …
उत्तर प्रदेश समीक्षा अधिकारी/सहायक समीक्षा अधिकारी परीक्षा 2017 पाठयक्रम एवं परीक्षा प्रणाली
पदों की संख्याः 465 न्यूनतम शैक्षणिक योग्यताः स्नातक आयु सीमाः 21-40 वर्ष आवेदन की अंतिम तिथिः 30 जनवरी, 2018 प्रारंभिक परीक्षा तिथिः 8 अप्रैल, 2018 Read More …
Damehood honour to Indian origin Pratibha Laxman Gai
Acclaimed York-based Indian origin scientist Pratibha Laxman Gai will be honored by UK Queen’s prestigious damehood, the female equivalent of a knighthood. Gai, grew up in India and won the national science talent scholarship before winning another scholarship to study at Read More …
The first draft of the updated National Register of Citizens in Assam
The first draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), an exercise undertaken only in Assam, will be made public at midnight on December 31. The main objective of this exercise is to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. -According to Read More …
India test-fired ‘Advanced Air Defence supersonic interceptor missile’
-India on December 27, 2017, successfully test-fires its indigenously developed ‘Advanced Air Defence supersonic interceptor missile’ at Abdul Kalam island (earlier Wheeler Island) in Odisha. -It is capable of destroying any incoming ballistic missile in low altitude. -The target ‘Prithvi Read More …
Scientists discovered pair of eddies or ‘smoke rings’ in the Tasman Sea
Scientists of University of Liverpool, UK have discovered ‘smoke rings’ in the Tasman Sea which may ‘suck up’ small marine creatures and carry them at high speed and for long distances across the ocean. -Researchers found a pair of eddies Read More …
Viswanathan Anand won World Chess Chapionship 2017
Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand has regained the World Rapid Chess Championship title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 28 December. -In the final and fifth round, Anand beat Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev to reclaim the title he had won in 2003. -Anand, Read More …
WFIRST: New telescope for the largest picture of universe
NASA will launch a space telescope that will provide the largest picture of our universe ever seen, with the same depth and clarity as the Hubble Space Telescope. -It has been named as Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope or WFIRST. -NASA Read More …
Desis bobmarleyi-a new water spider named after Bob Marley
-A water adapted species of spiders, discovered in Australia in 2009, is named after Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley. -It was discovered in 2009 in the sea along the coastline of Queensland in Australia. -According to the Evolutionary Systematics journal, Read More …
Aadhaar for new Facebook users
After government agencies, now popular social media Facebook is going to make Aadhaar name mandatory for new Facebook users. Currently it is testing it’s application for its new feature in India. -According to Facebook, this move will encourage users to make Read More …