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Loss and damages fund Subject: ENVIRONMENT Section: CLIMATE CHANGE Context: The term widely used in UN Climate Change negotiations broadly refers to the measure of losses and damages due to the negative impacts of the climate crisis. More on the News: The damages from climate change are both economic and non-economic. In the […]
Scientists have discovered a third natural source of quasicrystals Subject : Science and technology Section: Msc Concept : Quasicrystal, also called quasi-periodic crystal, is a matter formed atomically in a manner somewhere between the amorphous solids of glasses (special forms of metals and other minerals, as well as common glass) and the precise […]
World Hindi Conference in Fiji to highlight links with Pacific Ocean region: MEA Subject : International Relations Section: Msc Concept : The 12th World Hindi Conference will be held in Fiji from 15 to 17 February 2023. The official language of Fiji is Hindi. The Government of India is taking efforts to promote […]
Beaches in Visakhapatnam are now heading towards a disaster, say experts Subject: Geography Section: Indian Physical; Geography Concept: It was reported in the Rajya Sabha that around 28.81 km of coastline in Visakhapatnam is prone to erosion. In 1930 two ships were sunk near the Dolphin’s Nose in Vishakhapatnam to create a breakwater […]
Mammalian spread of H5N1 and its pandemic potential Subject : Science and technology Section: Health Concept : Avian influenza (bird flu) is a highly contagious viral infection that impacts birds. However, rarely it can infect mammals through a phenomenon called spillover, and spread among them. There are various subtypes of avian influenza viruses […]
National financial information registry Subject : Economy Concept : National Financial Information Registry is aimed at expediting loan sanctions and credit flows by offering lenders a ‘360 degree’ perspective on potential borrowers, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said. National Financial Information Registry Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman in her Budget 2023 […]
Movement to get horizontal quota for transgender people Subject : Social Issue / Governance Concept : The central government revealed in a reply in Parliament that it is not considering any proposal to provide quotas to trans people. This move has been widely criticized by activists, scholars and lawyer fighting for the rights […]
Visitors rue lack of facilities at 299-year-old Jantar Mantar Subject: Art and Culture Concept: Weeks after the Delhi High Court asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file a status report on the functionality of instruments at Jantar Mantar, several visitors expressed their displeasure at the lack of facilities in the 299 […]
Agasthyarkoodam’s lost observatory Subject: Science and technology Section: Space technology Concept: Agasthyarkoodam on the Western Ghats once (in Nineteenth-century) housed an observatory that was established by Scottish meteorologist John Allan Broun. Broun used it to record magnetic and meteorological observations in tandem with the Thiruvananthapuram astronomical observatory. Broun’s astronomical research in India began […]
Are there similarities to earthquakes in India? Can energy from latent pressure be built up over the years? Subject: Geography Section: Physical geography (Geomorphology) The Indian Plate, colliding into the Eurasian plate and tilting upwards, created the Himalayas. The most common type of earthquake in the Himalayan region is due to reverse faults […]