About Indian Sunderbans The Sundarbans forest is about 10,000 sq km across India and Bangladesh, of which 40% lies in India. The forest in India is divided into the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve and 24 Parganas (South) Forest Division, and together …
About the Turtle It is a freshwater turtle and one of the rarest species in India. It is also called the Asian giant softshell turtle. Cantor’s giant softshell is found across Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the …
Why in News? Encouraged by the archaeological findings in Keeladi that testified to the existence of an ancient urban Tamil civilisation, the Department of Archaeology has decided to launch excavations at seven more sites and field studies in two places. …
About KVIC: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament , ‘Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956’. It plans, promotes, organizes and implements programs for the development of Khadi …
About: Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of the Ecosystem Services (NCAVES) India Forum-2021 is being organised by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). India is one of the five countries taking part in this project – the other …
Why in the news? The new Biden administration in America is thinking to review the US-Taliban deal signed in Feb 2020. What is the US-Taliban peace deal? This pact was done in Feb, 2020 between the United States and Taliban …
About ICI The monthly Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) is a production volume index. The objective of the ICI is to provide an advance indication on production performance of industries of ‘core’ nature before the release of Index of …
Why in News? A new supercomputer in Wyoming, U.S., will rank among the world’s fastest and help study phenomena including climate change, severe weather, wildfires and solar flares. What is a supercomputer? A supercomputer is a computer with a high …
NEWS Worldwide including in the European Union and the United States, the antitrust investigations are going on the abuse of monopolistic power by the Big Tech firms, especially Facebook and Google. CONTEXT These investigations are being compared with the earlier …
Background The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, was reached between Iran and six world powers known as the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) in …