Bharathi Festival Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed International Bharathi Festival 2020 through video conferencing and paid tributes to the Bharathiyar on his Jayanti. The festival is being organised by Vanavil Cultural Centre to celebrate the 138th birth anniversary of Mahakavi…
Climate Ambition Summit 2020 The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), with its partner Italy. The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and…
Global Energy Transition Index World Economic Forum (WEF) announced that India has moved up two positions and has ranked 74th on a global energy transition index. With a better ranking, India has shown improvement in key parameters of economic security,…
Malabar Gliding Frog Malabar Gliding Frog- A green frog with a slender body, webbed feet, unusual body positions, very well camouaged and gliding in the air. This was how a juvenile Malabar gliding frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus), a rare amphibian that…
HelpAge India NGO HelpAge India received the “2020 UN Population Award” in the institutional Category for its contribution towards serving disadvantaged elderly people and raising awareness on their cause. HelpAge India is a leading charity in India working with and…
Rat hole mining It is a primitive and hazardous method of mining for coal, with tunnels that are only 3-4 feet in diameter (hence, rat-hole), leading to pits ranging from 5-100 sq. mt deep. There are two types of rat-holes:…
Jotedars Many zamindars were facing a crisis at the end of the eighteenth century, a group of rich peasants were consolidating their position in the villages. In Francis Buchanan’s survey of the Dinajpur district in North Bengal we have a…
Nandur Madhameshwar The International Ramsar Convention on Wetlands has declared Nandur Madhameshwar wetland in Niphad tahsil of Nashik district as Ramsar wetland. This is the first wetland in the state and among the nine wetlands in India declared by the…
Exchange Traded Funds ETFs or exchange traded funds are similar to index mutual funds. However, they trade just like stocks. ETFs were started in 2001 in India. They comprise a portfolio of equity, bonds and trade close to its net…
MicroDot Technology “The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has issued a draft notification GSR 521(E) … amending Central Motor Vehicle Rules, allowing motor vehicles and their parts, components, assemblies, sub-assemblies to be affixed with permanent and nearly invisible…