India adds 3 new Ramsar sites
Context Union Environment Minister announced three new Ramsar sites in Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh taking the total of such sites in India to 85. The new additions are the Nanjarayan Bird…
Tanager-1 satellite of NASA to track methane emissions
Context Tanager-1, a satellite developed by a coalition of companies and organisations, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base…
Economic Survey 2023-24
Context Union Finance Minister released the Economic Survey 2023-24, the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament. The survey typically comes out on January 31, a day before the…
India to ratify High Seas Treaty
Context The Indian government on Monday said it would soon sign and ratify the High Seas Treaty, a new international legal architecture for maintaining the ecological health of the oceans. About High…
CHAPEA Project of NASA
CHAPEA project of NASA Context Recently, four volunteer crew members of NASA’s Mars simulation mission emerged after a year of living in a habitat replicating the Red Planet. A part…
India approves Tirzepatide drug
Context Indians can now avail the blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drug Tirzepatide — marketed as Mounjaro and Zepbound in the US and made by Eli Lilly — with the…
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has joined Project Nexus
Context The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has joined Project Nexus, a multilateral international initiative to enable instant cross-border retail payments by interlinking domestic Fast Payments Systems (FPSs). India’s Unified…
Fauna of India Checklist Portal
Context The Union Environment Minister rolled out the ‘Fauna of India Checklist Portal’, claimed to be the first of its kind globally. About Fauna of India Checklist Portal It comprises…
India adds 641 new animal species in 2023
India adds 641 new animal species, 339 new plant taxa in 2023 Context A new species of turmeric in Manipur and a new kind of bat in Karnataka are among…
UN Global Principles for Information Integrity
Context The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres unveiled the Global Principles for Information Integrity, a comprehensive framework aimed at addressing the escalating threats posed by misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech…