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Locusts and Urban Areas

Why in News Over the last few days, swarms of locusts have been sighted unusually even in urban areas of Rajasthan. Swarms have also been...

27 May 2020 News Analysis

RESTART: Rebooting the Economy through Science, Technology and Research Translations

Science and technology have been at the forefront of our fight against Covid-19 in various ways and means to find solutions to challenges thrown...

27 May 2020 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

Wildfires in Uttarakhand

Why in News With rising mercury levels, Uttarakhand's forest fire season has now reached its peak. Key Points A wildfire is an unplanned fire...

27 May 2020 News Analysis

South Atlantic Anomaly

Why in News Recently, the Swarm constellation of satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA) has updated the development of South Atlantic Anomaly...

27 May 2020 News Analysis

Chardham Pariyojana

Why in News The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has completed construction of a 440 m long tunnel below the Chamba town on the Rishikesh-Dharasu...

27 May 2020 News Analysis

World Turtle Day

Why in News Recently, World Turtle Day was observed on 23rd May to increase attention on conservation of Turtles and Tortoises. The theme for the...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Restriction on Paddy Cultivation

Why in News Recently, the farmers from Haryana are protesting against the State Government’s order under which farmers have to diversify at...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Diplomatic Low In Indo-Nepal Relations

This article is based on “Lower the temperature, defuse the issue” published in The Hindu on 23/05/2020. It talks about recent...

26 May 2020 News Editorials

Egypt-Ethiopia Conflict on GERD

Why in News Recently, Egypt has announced that it is willing to resume negotiations with Ethiopia and Sudan, concerning the Grand Ethiopian...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

CoAST India

Why in News Recently, India Observatory has come up with a Geographic Information System (GIS)-enabled dashboard called Collaboration/Covid...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Purandara Dasa

Why in News The Department of Archaeology, Heritage and Museums, Karnataka will soon commence field research work at Araga in Malnad (Malenadu)...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Year End Review 2019: Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

Introduction The Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers comprises a combination of three departments: Department of Fertilisers: The main...

26 May 2020 Paper 2

Heat Waves

Why in News Recently, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted the “heatwave to severe heatwave conditions” over...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Punitus Sanctus: New Freshwater Fish

Why in News Recently, Puntius Sanctus, a new freshwater fish, has been found in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu. It has been found in a small...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Tea, Immunity & Coronavirus

Why in News During a webinar organised on the occasion of International Tea Day, the Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Himachal...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Gist of Economic Survey 2019-20

WEALTH CREATION: THE INVISIBLE HAND SUPPORTED BY THE HAND OF TRUST For more than three-fourths of known economic history, India has been the...

26 May 2020 Gist of Economic Survey 2019-20

Katkari Tribe

Why in News Katkari tribal youth from Shahpur in Maharashtra are making a name by selling Giloy and other products online during lockdown. They...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Increased Chinese Transgression

Why in News Recently, there has been a marked increase in the number of Chinese transgressions across the disputed India-China border in...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

India-Nepal Border Dispute

Why in News Recently, Nepal has released a new political map that claims Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh of Uttarakhand as part of Nepal’s...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

Open Skies Treaty

Why in News Recently, the United States of America (USA) has announced that it will exit the Open Skies Treaty (OST) due to continuous violation of...

23 May 2020 News Analysis