Kaiser-i-Hind Butterfly Subject – Environment Context – Kaiser-i-Hind is Arunachal’s State butterfly Concept – An elusive swallowtail butterfly carrying ‘India’ in its name and found in next-door China will become the State butterfly of Arunachal Pradesh. The State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday approved the large, brightly coloured Kaiser-i-Hind as the State butterfly. […]
Zonal Councils Subject – Polity Context – Role of southern States key in country’s development: Shah. Use Zonal Councils to settle disputes, says Home Minister Concept – The Zonal Councils are the statutory (and not the constitutional) bodies. They are established by an Act of the Parliament, that is, States Reorganisation Act of […]
Amrabad Tiger Reserve Subject – Environment Context – ‘Tiger tourism’ on Nallamala Hills Concept – Amrabad Tiger Reserve lies in Nallamala hills of Telangana. It is India’s second-largest tiger reserve, next only to NagarjunasagarSrisailam Tiger Reserve (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana). It has a large presence of the Chenchu tribe. This Forest tract is […]
Cauvery (Kattalai)-Vaigai-Gundar Link Subject – Geography Context – Karnataka opposes T.N.’s riverlink proposal Concept – Cauvery (Kattalai)-Vaigai-Gundar Link which forms a part of the scheme of transfer of surplus river water of Mahanadi and Godavari rivers to the deficit basins of Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vaigai, is an important part of the various […]
Solar Energy Corporation of India Subject – Government Bodies Context – Andhra to buy solar power from SECI, supply to farmers for free Concept – Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) is a company of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, established to facilitate the implementation of the […]
Birsa Munda Subject – History Context – Remembering Birsa Munda on Janjatiya Gaurav Divas Concept – Birsa Munda lived a short — just 25 years — but valiant life. Born on November 15, 1875, in Ulihatu village in present-day Jharkhand, Birsa spent his childhood in abject poverty in a tribal Munda family. The […]
Ordinances to extend tenure of ED- CBI directors Subject – Polity Context – Centre brings Ordinances to extend tenure of ED, CBI directors up to 5 years Concept – Directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) may now continue in their jobs for up to five years […]
One Sun One World One Grid declaration Subject – IR Context – The declaration was jointly released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the COP26 Climate Meet in Glasgow. Concept – The declaration was jointly released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
Kamo’oalewa Subject – Science and Tech Context – In 2006, the PanSTARRS telescope in Hawaii spotted a quasi-satellite — a near-Earth object that orbits the Sun and yet remains close to the Earth. Scientists named it Kamo’oalewa Concept – In 2006, the PanSTARRS telescope in Hawaii spotted a quasi-satellite — a near-Earth object […]
Climate warming over the last 24000 years Subject – Environment Context – Scientists have reconstructed Earth’s climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago. The study, published in Nature, suggests that current temperatures are unprecedented in 24,000 years. Concept – The main drivers of climate change since the last ice age […]