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Rare dinosaur eggs found in Narmada Valley show how ancient reptiles shared traits with today’s birds: Study Subject :Environment Section: Species in News Context; A group of Indian researchers found rare cases of fossilised dinosaur eggs — an egg within an egg — among 256 newly discovered eggs from the Narmada Valley. Details […]
Doppler Weather Radars Subject :Geography Section : Atmosphere What is RADAR? RADAR is the expansion for Radio, Detection and Ranging. Its basic components are a transmitter, receiver, antenna, power supply system, signal processing and high computing devices. It works on the principle of electromagnetic waves sent out by the transmitter. The same wave […]
Russian newsprint on its way to Chennai via Iran port Subject : International Relations Section : Msc Concept : The multi-modal transport route will involve train movement through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to reach Iran’s Bandar Abbas port from where it will be take the sea route to reach Chennai. The cargo handled by […]
Will India face a recession in June? Subject : Economy Section: National Income Concept : While it is true that the economic momentum is slowing — going by the First Advance Estimates for 2022-23, GDP is likely to grow at about 4% in the January_March quarter—a recession is largely ruled out because GDP […]
Shukrayaan Mission Subject :Science and Technology Section : Space and Technology Concept : An advisor to the space science programme recently said that the Indian Space Research Organisation is yet to receive approval from the Indian government for the Venus mission and that the mission could as a result be postponed to 2031. […]
SC Questions utility of living will – Passive euthanasia Subject : Polity Section: Constitutional framework Concept : More than four years after its landmark order on passive euthanasia, the Supreme Court said that it is for the legislature to enact a law for terminally ill patients choosing to stop treatment but agreed to […]
India plans ‘buffers’ in proposed Arunachal hydropower project to counter ‘China threat’ Subject :Geography Section : Hydrology Concept : The design of a hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district is being influenced by the concerns over China’s proposed 60,000 MW hydropower in Medog in Tibet. The concerns are that the 60,000 […]
India, Russia begin manufacturing of AK-203 assault rifles in U.P.’s Amethi Subject : International Relations Section : India ‘s Relations Concept : Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) which is a joint venture between India and Russia, has started producing AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles at Korwa in Uttar Pradesh. The IRRPL was established in […]
A case for reassigning GST to States Subject : Economy Section :Fiscal Policy Concept : The vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI) arises between the Union and State governments when the Union has more tax powers than the States and the State governments are assigned with more expenditure responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the […]
UNSC Sanction committee blacklist lashkar’s makki Subject : International Relations Section: International Organisation Concept : Pakistan-based leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abdul Rehman Makki was designated a global terrorist by the UN Security Council. This came after China dropped its technical hold over a proposal to list him under the UNSC’s ISIL (Da’esh) and […]