National Water Grid
Context: The Inter-Linking of Rivers programme aims to connect various surplus rivers with deficient rivers. The idea is to divert excess water from surplus regions to deficient regions to help…
Context: The Inter-Linking of Rivers programme aims to connect various surplus rivers with deficient rivers. The idea is to divert excess water from surplus regions to deficient regions to help…
Context: Wealthier and more urbanised states tend to face a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Kerala faces the highest risk at 19.5% and Jharkhand the lowest at 13.5%. Facts…
Context; Scientists of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, recently became the first Indians to discover a planet. Orbiting a star 600 light years away, it was confirmed as an exoplanet after…
Assumption Island India’s plans for a military base have hit a roadblock. Why is this tiny island of Seychelles important? Spanning just 11.6 sq km, a small island in the…
Context: June 21 was summer solstice, the longest day of the year — as compared to the night — in the northern hemisphere. Winter solstice occurs on December 21 or…
An intergovernmental organization of 14 nations as of February 2018, founded in 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna, Austria. As of 2016, the 14 countries…
Cause Rickettsia prowazekii. Transmission The disease is transmitted by the human body louse, which becomes infected by feeding on the blood of patients with acute typhus fever. Infected lice excrete…
India notifies higher tariffs on U.S. imports Venkaiah says loan waiver not a permanent solution Yoga a powerful unifying force, says Modi World’s hungry population on the rise again, says…
Investment in science, technology and innovation (STI) is an important driver of economic growth and social development. UNESCO works to assist countries to invest in STI, to develop national science…
The International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP) is an international multidisciplinary programme established by UNESCO Member States in order to reinforce intergovernmental cooperation and co-operation between partner organizations in science to strengthen national…
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