Border Haats Border haats means rural market. It seeks to organize marketplace for the two countries for one day each week. It acts as a reunion spot for families living…

Rani- ki- vav It is located in Gujarat’s Patan, the 900-year-old structure is a major tourist attraction, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and was awarded as the cleanest iconic place in India in…

World Customs Organisation (WCO) India has become the Vice-Chair (Regional Head) of the Asia Pacific Region of WCO for a period of two years (2018-2020). WCO established in 1952, is…

K9 Vajra-T K9 Vajra-T is a 155-mm, 52-calibre self-propelled artillery gun with a maximum range of 40 km, customised from the original K9 Thunder gun. The fire control system has…

Scheduled languages The Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was originally having a list of 14 languages, but now it has a total of 22 languages : Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri,…

Khan Prahari It is a Mobile Application ‘Khan Prahari’ developed by CMPDI, Ranchi a Subsidiary of CIL and Bhaskarcharya Institute of Space Application and Geo-informatics (BISAG). Khan Prahari is a…

CUSAT Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar  The new radar named - CUSAT Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar (CUSAT ST-205 Radar)- throws 205 MHz radio waves to detect the atmospheric perturbations. The radar designed and fabricated in…

Kalidas Samman: It is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya Pradesh in India. The award is named after Kālidāsa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of…

Trachoma Trachoma is a contagious and preventable cause of blindness Trachoma occurs upon repeated infections from the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis It thrives in congested living conditions among populations that have limited…

Shinmoedake A Japanese volcano that figured in a 1960s James Bond movie erupted explosively. Shinmoedake volcano is in the southernmost main island of Kyushu, Japan. It is located in a mainly…