What are Bryophytes? The word bryophyte is the collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts and bryology is the study of bryophytes. They are spore-producing, rather than seed-producing, plants and they are all without flowers. Bryophytes can be found in …
Why in the news? Scientists have documented the link between the ghost forests and sea-level rising. Let us understand both the terms in detail and know their relation. What is sea level rise? Sea-level rise is an increase in the …
NEWS A direct consequence of the pandemic is that New Delhi’s claim to regional primacy and leadership could take a hit. CONTEXT The second wave of COVID-19 and its distressing consequences has prompted the country to accept foreign aid after …
What’s in the news? Azim Premji University’s Centre for Sustainable Employment, Bengaluru, has released a report titled ‘State of Working India 2021: One Year of Covid-19’. The report, which covers the period March 2020 to December 2020, dwells on the …
Why in News? Researchers have identified fossil bone fragments of long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods, dating back to about 100-million-years from an area around West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya. About the discovery Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small …
What are shrews? Shrews are small and mouse-like mammals, and they live in sub-leaf stratum in the forests. They are insectivorous mammals having a mobile snout that is covered with long sensitive whiskers and overhangs the lower lip. Their large …
NEWS The battle against COVID-19 should also be used as an opportunity to meet India’s ‘One Health’ targets. CONTEXT In 1856, the father of modern pathology, Rudolf Virchow, emphasised that there are essentially no dividing lines between animal and human …
What is CSR? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business philosophy that dictates that companies around the globe should deviate from the narrow path of chasing only financial gains and wealth buildup and embark on a journey of sustainable development. …
About: Asiatic lions are slightly smaller than African lions. They have shorter manes (hair around their face) than African counterparts. Asiatic lions were once distributed upto the state of West Bengal in east and Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, in central …
What’s in the news? The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an Assam-based trust the opportunity to focus on a near-forgotten form of string puppetry, the Putola Nach. The art form was used to take the messages related to COVID-19 to the …