As many as 27 migratory birds have been reported dead on account of avian influenza in the Pong Dam Wildlife Sanctuary area of Himachal Pradesh. Pong Dam Wildlife Sanctuary: The Pong Dam also called the Beas dam is an artificial embankment Dam constructed across the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh. …

Chairman of the Empowered Group on COVID-19 vaccination said that the Co-WIN platform, for COVID-19 vaccination registration, has been ramped up to accept one crore registrations and record vaccination of 50 lakh persons daily. COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) system is a digitalised platform to be used to effectively roll …

The five-judge Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi in M. Siddiq v. Mahant Suresh Das popularly known as Ram Janmabhoomi temple case had upheld the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 The Preamble of the Act …

The Centre plans to issue a 14-digit identification number to every plot of land in the country within a year. Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) scheme: The Department of Land Resources said that the ULPIN scheme has been launched in 10 States this year and will be rolled out …

The President of India gave assent to a Bill to accord primacy to Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (L-G) over the government. The Union government announced the presidential assent to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 through a gazette notification. The law says the government in Delhi …

The Centre has told the Assam government that “rejection slips” to those excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) published in 2019 should be issued immediately. National Register of Citizens (NRC): NRC is an official record of those who are legal Indian citizens. It includes demographic information about …

The Earth Hour is being observed on 27th March 2021. Earth Hour is the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)’s annual initiative that began in 2007. It is held every year on the last Saturday of March. It encourages people from more than 180 countries to switch off the lights …

Recently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted permits to “No-Permission-No-Takeoff’ (NPNT) compliant drone operations at 34 additional green zones to facilitate, smoothen, and promote drone operations in the country. About: NPNT is a software program that enables every Remotely Piloted Aircraft (except Nano) to obtain a valid permission through …

Recently, a study has identified 193 sites having either intact or ruins of Garhwal forts and fortalices spread along the north, east and southern regions of the Garhwal Himalayas. This is the first of its kind database. A total of 36 major forts and 12 prominent fort clusters have been …

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared African Forest and Savanna (or bush) elephants as ‘critically endangered’ and ‘endangered’ respectively. Earlier, African elephants were treated as a single species, listed as Vulnerable. This is the first time the two species have been assessed separately for the IUCN …