MOST FEARED MILITARY EQUIPMENT ON OFFER
Why in news? While announcing that defence deals worth around $3 billion would be signed during his visit, Mr. Trump offered a range of high-tech defence equipment to India, on 24th February 2020. Details The deals are for 24 MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters for the Navy worth $2.2 billion and six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for […]
MAHADAYI PROJECT
Why in news? As the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project in the Mahadayi basin drags on over the inter-State river water dispute, the cost over the last 20 years has risen steeply from about 94 crore rupees in 2000 to 1,677.30 crore rupees in 2020. Conceived to supply drinking water to areas in the Bombay Karnataka region […]
RAINFALL TO INCREASE OVER NEXT 100 YEARS – IISc. PAPER
Why in news? An IISc. Paper published recently says – One of the major reasons for the variation in monsoon is the increase in water vapour due to increase in temperature. In the next 100 years, the water vapour is also likely to increase, which will result in increase in rainfall. The Indian monsoon rainfall […]
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
Why in news? The Geological Survey of India (GSI), founded in 1851, is a Government of India Ministry of Mines organisation, one of the oldest of such organisations in the world and the second oldest survey in India after Survey of India (founded in 1767), for conducting geological surveys and studies of India Also acts […]
GOVT. EYES PUBLIC-PRIVATE FUND TO GIVE R&D A SHOT IN THE ARM
Why in news? In an effort to stimulate investment in research and development (R&D), the Department of Science and Technology is mooting a fund that will match the contributions made by private companies in R&D Details: The idea is to pool funds from a group of companies willing to invest in fundamental research, such as […]
NO COUNTRY IS DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT CHILDREN’S HEALTH, FINDS STUDY
Why in news? No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their future, according to a recently released report by a Commission of more than 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world. The Commission was convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet Country wise comparison […]
CHINA FACES ITS BIGGEST HEALTH EMERGENCY SINCE 1949: XI
Why in news? The COVID19 epidemic that has killed over 2,400 people is communist China’s “largest public health emergency” since its founding in 1949, President Xi Jinping COVID and world economy The deadly COVID19 outbreak could put the recovery of an already fragile global economy at risk, the IMF warned on Sunday, as G20 financial […]
YAKSHAGANA
Why in news? Breaking barriers with Yakshagana: A young Muslim woman overcame resistance to acquire prowess in the art form Details: Yakshagana is a traditional Indian theatre form, developed in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and western parts of Chikmagalur districts, in the state of Karnataka and in Kasaragod district in Kerala that combines […]
KAWAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Why in news? Adequate water to quench thirst of wild animals in Kawal Tiger Reserve Details: The worrisome man-animal conflict in Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR) on account of water seems to be a thing of the past. There was no incident of wild animals straying into human habitations for water last year and it will […]
NEW HIGHWAY THREATENS TIGER TERRITORY IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Why in news? Namdapha National Park, India’s easternmost tiger reserve, a new highway project has been cleared through yet another big cat reserve in Arunachal Pradesh Named the East West Industrial Corridor, the highway aims to connect Bhairabhunda in West Kameng district and Manmao in Changlang district along Arunachal Pradesh’s border with Assam Details of […]