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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined the role of micro forests in minimising the havoc caused by cyclones in coastal areas. Through his Mann ki Baat program, the Prime Minister, commended two odia activists- one, Mr. Vijay Kumar Kabi of Kendrapara and the other Mr. Amaresh Samanta of Paradeep, for …

A women-led startup ‘Astrome’ has developed deep-tech for reliable low-cost internet services to rural areas. Astrome has developed an innovative wireless product that gives fibre like bandwidth at a fraction of the cost of fibre to help telecom operators deliver reliable low-cost internet services to suburban and rural areas. The …

Due to the recent blockage of the Suez Canal, the option of re-routing ships via the Cape of Good Hope was explored. The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A headland is a narrow piece of land …

NASA and ISRO are collaborating on developing an SUV-sized satellite called NISAR, which will detect movements of the planet’s surface as small as 0.4 inches over areas about half the size of a tennis court. The satellite will be launched in 2022 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota …

Two new species of seaweed have been discovered by a group of marine biologists from Central University of Punjab, Bathinda. Imporatant points: Named Hypnea indica (after India) and Hypnea bullata (because of the blisterlike marks on its body – bullate), the seaweeds are part of the genus Hypnea or red …

NASA and ISRO are collaborating on developing a satellite called NISAR. It will detect movements of Earth’s surface as small as 0.4 inches over areas about half the size of a tennis court. It is an SUV-sized satellite. The name NISAR is short for NASA-ISRO-SAR. SAR here refers to the …

India delivered on its promise of 2,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force (UNPKF) worldwide, sending a shipment bound for Copenhagen. UN Peacekeeping: UN peacekeepers provide security and the political and peacebuilding support to help countries make the difficult, early transition from conflict to peace. Principles: …

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 …

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 …