In News The gregarious flowering of bamboo inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala poses a potential threat to wildlife in the Nilgiri biosphere, a major tiger and elephant habitat. About Bamboo Flowering Thorny bamboo (Bamboosa Bambos) is a monocarpic (flowering only once) plant. It belongs to the Poaceae family (grass family) and its flowering cycle […]

In News The Centre has reconstituted an advisory committee to prepare a plan for studying the mythical Saraswati river for the next two years, earlier the panel’s term ended in 2019. Background The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on March 10 issued a notification for “reconstitution of the Advisory Committee for the Multidisciplinary Study of […]

In News Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Background The plea challenged various provisions of the Act. Section 2, 3, 4 not only offend the right to pray, practice and propagate religion (Article 25), the right to manage, […]

In News The UK launched the Turing scheme to enable UK students to study abroad after leaving the European Union’s flagship Erasmus scholarship programme. About Turing Scheme It is named after the celebrated English mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing. The scheme will enable schools, colleges and universities in the UK to apply for government funding. […]

                       Facts in News AEG12 Mosquito Protein According to scientists at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), a mosquito protein, called AEG12, strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Zika, and also weakly inhibits coronaviruses. It is […]

                            The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims  and Mains  GS II 1 Centre likely to allow residents to Fill their NPR details online (Governance) National Population Register (NPR), newly digitised forms and the concerns regarding it. GS II 2 […]

                                                                            Indian Express Subject Page No.                          Headlines                Relevance for Prelims and Mains  GS II 7 Pledge […]

In News Recently, the Sangay volcano erupted in Ecuador spewing clouds of ash as high as 8,500 meters into the sky. About It is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world and one of Ecuador’s most active ones. It is located within the Sangay National Park. Sangay National Park is located in the […]

In News The asteroid “2001 FO32”, the largest asteroid predicted to pass by Earth in 2021, will be at its closest on 21st March 2021. About 2001 FO32 It will not come closer than 2 million km to Earth and there is no threat of a collision. 2 million km is equal to 5¼ times […]

In News: The first Quad summit level talk was recently organised. Key Highlights Participants were the Nation Heads (Prime Minister or Presidents) of all the 4 nations; Mr. Modi, PM of India President Joe Biden of the United States Japanese Premier Yoshihide Suga Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Need of cooperation among the member countries […]