Aeolus satellite Aeolus is a European wind survey satellite launched by Arianespace, world’s leading satellite launch company. It is part of the Copernicus project, a joint initiative of the European Union…

Bhitarkanika National Park Bhitarkanika National Park is a national park located in Kendrapara district of Odisha in eastern India. It spreads over 672 km2 and is surrounded by the Bhitarkanika…

Scrub Typhus Scrub Typhus is an acute illness in humans caused by a bacteria. It is transmitted by the bite of infected mite larva present in the soil. Gorakhpur in…

Global Innovation Index The Global Innovation Index (GII) is an annual ranking of countries by their capacity for, and success in, innovation. It is published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and…

The SC/ST Act The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is popularly known as POA, the SC/ST Act, the Prevention of Atrocities Act, or simply the Atrocities Act.…

GI logo Commerce and Industry Minister launched a logo and tagline for Geographical Indications (GI) to increase awareness about intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the country. A GI product is…

Floral Scents  The flower-based compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs walked the Earth, a study has found. Researchers at Oregon State…

M-STrIPES app M-STrIPES, short for Monitoring System for Tigers - Intensive Protection and Ecological Status is a software-based monitoring system launched across Indian tiger reserves by the Indian government's National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)…

Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project The gas pipeline project aims to provide piped cooking gas to residents of Varanasi and later to millions of people in states like Bihar, Jharkhand, West…

UN E-Government Development Survey With an EGDI index score of 0.5669, India is just above the world average of 0.55. It scored a rank of 96 among 193 countries. The UN…