Why in News: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) rolled out its Artemis I moon mission to the launchpad. Along with NASA, Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are also involved in the Artemis programme What …
What’s the news? The India Meteorological Department (IMD) launched an e-book, Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India– State: Tamil Nadu as part of the World Meteorological Day celebrations. The atlas is available at mausam.imd.gov.in for public access. The e-atlas …
About the Report The World Air Quality Report is prepared by Swiss organization IQAir. The report is based on PM2.5 air quality data from 6,475 cities in 117 countries, regions and territories around the world. IQAir endeavors to engage, educate, …
Asiatic cheetah is classified as a “critically endangered” species by the IUCN Red List, and is believed to survive only in Iran. Asiatic cheetahs were once widespread across India but were eradicated in the country as they were hunted for …
Separate secretariats for the two houses of Parliament are mandated under Article 98. It is founded on the idea that the secretariat should be separate from the executive branch. The Secretary-General is the equivalent of a Cabinet Secretary in terms …
A hypersonic missile is a weapon system which flies at least at the speed of Mach 5 i.e. five times the speed of sound and is manoeuvrable. The manoeuvrability of the hypersonic missile is what sets it apart from a …
Why in News: India aspires to have a permanent presence with more research and satellite ground stations in the Arctic region, suggests a perusal of its Arctic Policy document. About Arctic Arctic region, the enormous area around the North Pole …
About the Mission Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, Gaganyaan is the first Indian Human Space Flight Programme (HSP) with the objective to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low earth orbit on board an Indian launch …
Background Currently, among the most disputed topics in the world, in the South China Sea (SCS) dispute, the governments of six countries (Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and China) claim that they are the rightful owner of Paracel and Spratly …
Context The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC), the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced in the Union Budget 2021-22, to carry out monetisation of government and surplus …