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St Thomas’s shrine Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Context: Kerala BJP Vice President AN Radhakrishnan trekked to a hilltop shrine in Malayattoor village of the Ernakulam district, on the occasion of a festival held there on the first Sunday after Easter. More about the Shrine. The shrine is dedicated to Saint […]
Can we democratize tiger conservation in India Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: Scientists were happy Project Tiger was able to hold on to tiger populations. The 2023 preliminary report finds that this hold is slipping. More on the News: The tiger number released and the minimum estimate based on the tigers […]
Great Pacific Garbage Patch Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Context: In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, coastal life piggybacks on plastic trash. What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? There are some water currents in the oceans that, driven by winds and the Coriolis force, form loops. These are called gyres. The North Pacific […]
Mangrove Pitta Birds Subject : Environment Section: Species in news Context: First-ever census finds 179 mangrove pitta birds in two coastal Odisha districts. More on the News: Mangrove pitta birds are a nearly threatened species found in few pockets of eastern India, including Odisha’s Bhitarkanika and West Bengal’s Sundarbans. The first census of […]
Wild Water Buffaloes Subject : Environment Section: Species in news Context: The love for momos in Nepal is threatening endangered wild water buffaloes More on the News: Dumplings (momos) filled with buffalo meat are popular in Nepal. They command a higher price if the meat comes from a crossbreed of wild and domestic […]
Rhino poaching suspect’s body found in river; police say he jumped in to escape Subject :Environment Section: Places in news Context: Three weeks after Assam’s first rhino poaching case in more than a year was discovered in Kaziranga, the body of the suspected poacher was found floating in the Brahmaputra on Sunday It […]
World Food Program in Sudan Subject International relations Section: International Organization Context: Three employees for the World Food Programme (WFP), a UN body that delivers food assistance to vulnerable communities, were killed after the RSF and armed forces exchanged fire at a military base in Kabkabiya, in the west of the country. What […]
March wholesale price rise slows to 1.34% on base effect Subject :Economy Section: Inflation and unemployment Context: Wholesale price index-based inflation fell to a 29-month low of 1.34 per cent in March due to moderation in prices of manufactured products, commodity prices and a favourable base effect, data released by the Ministry of […]
WTO PANEL Subject: International Relations Section: International Organization Context: A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel said on Monday that India had violated global trading rules in a dispute with the European Union (EU), Japan and Taiwan over import duties on IT products What is the dispute? In 2019, the EU challenged India’s introduction […]
Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds’ Investments Decline 4% To $5.3 Billion In March Subject :Economy Section: National Income Concept – Venture capital and private equity are two types of financial assistance that are used by companies in different stages. Private Equity is a large investment in developed companies and venture capital is a small investment usually made […]