Every year, 21st March, is observed as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day calls for solidarity against racism and racial discrimination. The United Nation General Assembly in October 1966 proclaimed 21st March as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, to be commemorated annually. …
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Supernova explosion traced to one of the hottest kind of stars
Indian astronomers have tracked a rare supernova explosion and traced it to one of the hottest kind of stars called Wolf–Rayet stars or WR stars. The rare Wolf–Rayet stars are highly luminous objects a thousand times that of the Sun and have intrigued astronomers for long. They are massive stars and …
Read More »FOREST FIRES
Since the advent of the year 2021, there has been a series of forest fires in many states of India, including in Wildlife Sanctuaries. Forest Fires: Also called bush or vegetation fire or wildfire, it can be described as any uncontrolled and non-prescribed combustion or burning of plants in a …
Read More »National Security Act
In some cases it has been found that the National Security Act-1980 (NSA) was invoked to prevent the person from being released from judicial custody even if the accused had got bail. The NSA empowers the state to detain a person without a formal charge and without trial. National Security …
Read More »INS SARVEKSHAK IN MAURITIUS
INS Sarvekshak, a hydrographic survey ship, is on a deployment to Mauritius for undertaking joint hydrographic surveys along with their Mauritian counterparts. During the deployment, training of Mauritian personnel on advanced hydrographic equipment and practices will also be undertaken. The ship visited Port Louis, Mauritius and commenced the hydrographic survey …
Read More »Exercise La Perouse
Indian Navy Ships and Aircraft to participate in exercise La Perouse Indian Navy Ships INS Satpura (with an integral helicopter embarked) and INS Kiltan along with P8I Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft are participating, for the first time; in multi-lateral maritime exercise La Pérouse, being conducted in the Eastern Indian Ocean …
Read More »Ingenuity (Helicopter)
In a first, US space agency NASA is preparing to fly a mini-helicopter on Mars. For this NASA has sent a small Ingenuity Helicopter with Perseverance rover to Mars. With the help of this helicopter, untouched aspects of Mars will be explored. NASA has even released its picture for the …
Read More »Sankalp SE Siddh
TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs has now launched “Sankalp se Siddhi” – Village and Digital Connect Drive. It is a 100 day drive which was stared from April 1, 2021. The drive will entail 150 teams visiting ten villages each of which 10 in each region from TRIFED and …
Read More »Jordan
In a marked flare-up in tensions within Jordan’s royal household, Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein, the former crown prince and half-brother of ruling monarch Abdullah, has reportedly been placed under house arrest as part of a crackdown on critics. Jordan is an Arab country in the Levant region of Western …
Read More »E-Courts Project
The eCommittee Supreme Court has prepared the draft vision document for Phase III of the eCourts Project under the auspices of the Supreme Court of India. E-Courts Project is a mission mode project undertaken by the Department of Justice, Government of India. The eCourts Project was conceptualized on the basis …
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