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An emperor’s dream, a saint’s curse: The legend of Delhi’s third city Subject: History Section: Medieval India Tughlaqabad Fort: Tughlaqabad Fort is built in 1321 by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq– the first ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty that ruled in Delhi for nearly a century. The fortress of Tughlaqabad stands on a rocky hill, about […]
French shipping major resumes service for cashew export from Guinea-Bissau to India and Vietnam Subject: Geography Section: Economic geography Context: Every June, French shipping major CMA CGM resumes its fortnightly Bijagos Shuttle container service (for three to four months), connecting by sea the small West African tropical country of Guinea-Bissau with Spain’s Algeciras […]
Araku Valley Subject :Geography Section: Places in news Araku Valley is a hill station in Eastern Ghats Araku Valley, home to the Araku tribes, is approximately 114 km from the popular coastal city of Visakhapatnam. Ihome to the Araku tribes, is approximately 114 km from the popular coastal city of Visakhapatnam. Araku Valley […]
Coffee Subject :Geography Section: Economic geography Context: Andhra Pradesh’s Araku Valley Coffee gets organic certificate. Geographical Conditions Coffee plant requires hot and humid climate with temperatures ranging between 15°C and 28 °C and rainfall from 150 to 250 cm. Frost, snowfall, high temperature above 30°C and strong sun shine is not good for coffee crop […]
Walmart helps link 8 lakh producers to markets; farm groups sceptical Subject: Geography Section: Economic geography Context: Walmart has created a network across nine States and over 500 Farmer Producer Organisations, giving them access to the market; but farmer lobbies swear by the mandi system and cooperatives are sceptical. Details: TechnoServe, Digital Green […]
Lander Vikram and rover Pragyan to return for another tryst with the moon Subject: Science and technology Section: Space technology Context: Chandrayaan-3 is slated for a mid-July launch. Details: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to retain the names of the Chandrayaan-2 lander and rover for their Chandrayaan-3 equivalents as well i.e. […]
Bihar chalks out plan to tackle both flood and drought Subject :Geography Section: Rivers in news Context: Water Resources Minister Sanjay Jha said the government has chalked out a plan to deal with both exigencies, but the Centre has failed to consider its long-pending demand to build a dam in Nepal to prevent […]
Bringing the Aravallis back to life Subject :Geography Section: Indian geography Context: Tree species like Sheesham, babool and others planted over 75 hectares of land that was previously mined illegally are helping restore greenery and bring back wildlife. Mining activities in Aravallis: The Aravallis spanning Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan have been infamous for […]
India US Jet Deal Subject : Science and technology Section: Defence Concept : The deal is anticipated to be announced between the American multinational corporation General Electric (GE) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the manufacture. The decal will provide a licence in India for GE’s F414 engine for the indigenous Light Combat […]
Indian de mRNA vaccine priced at ₹2292, will be available as a booster dose Subject : Science and technology Section: Biotechnology Concept : India’s first indigenously developed mRNA vaccine against the dominant Omicron variant of the COVID19 coronavirus will cost ₹2,292, Sanjay Singh, CEO, Gennova Bio pharmaceuticals, said at a press conference. mRNA […]