Kaiser-i-Hind Butterfly
Kaiser-i-Hind Butterfly Recently, Arunachal Pradesh has approved the large, brightly coloured Kaiser-i-Hind as the State butterfly. Kaiser-i-Hind literally means Emperor of India. Key Points Scientific Name: Teinopalpus imperialis Habitat: It is one of the very rare...
[ read more ]SITMEX-2021
SITMEX-2021 The third edition of the trilateral naval exercise Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime Exercise (SITMEX) has been conducted in the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean. Key Points About: It is conducted annually, and was announced by...
[ read more ]Devasahayam Pillai
Devasahayam Pillai Devasahayam Pillai, an 18th-century Hindu convert to Christianity, would be the first Indian layman (a non-ordained member of the Church) to be made a saint. Pope Francis will canonize Blessed...
[ read more ]Reopening Kartarpur Corridor
Reopening Kartarpur Corridor The government is considering reopening the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara corridor to Pakistan to allow Sikh pilgrims to cross over, more than 20 months after it was shut down...
[ read more ]Covid-19 Blow to Diabetes Care
Covid-19 Blow to Diabetes Care Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the number of diabetes cases in Africa is predicted to rise to 55 million by 2045, an increase of 134%...
[ read more ]Weather Forecasting
Weather Forecasting Recently, 21 trekkers died at the Lamkhaga Pass trek in four mountaineering and trekking expeditions which once again puts the spotlight on the importance of right weather forecasting. Lamkhaga Pass...
[ read more ]Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments system has cut across the Indian socio-economic digital divide amazingly fast. Even though UPI is indeed a groundbreaking innovation in the digital payments landscape, reliability...
[ read more ]Regulating Cryptocurrency
Regulating Cryptocurrency The Prime Minister of India chaired a meeting regarding the management of the cryptocurrency sector. Citing the unregulated nature of the crypto market, he called for taking progressive and forward-looking steps. At the moment, there...
[ read more ]Internal Displacement
Internal Displacement According to a report (Mid-Year Trends 2021 Report) by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), nearly 51 million people were internally displaced across 33 countries due to conflict...
[ read more ]Onake Obavva
Onake Obavva The Karnataka government has decided to celebrate ‘Onake Obavva Jayanti’ on 11th November throughout the state from this year (2021). Key Points About: Onake Obavva was a woman warrior who fought the...
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