About Indian Neutrino Observatory The Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a proposed underground particle physics research mega project. The project was conceived in 2005, a site under the Bodi West Hills in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district was identified by 2009. …
About Swachh Bharat Mission Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), launched on 2nd October 2014, is a massive mass movement that seeks to create a Clean India by October 2, 2019 (150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi). It has 2 components – …
Why in News: Microsoft has partnered with Fortum, a Finnish energy company to heat homes, services and businesses in Finland with sustainable waste heat from a new datacentre region. What is a data centre ? A data centre is a …
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 …
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 …