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In News Recently, the first-ever epigraphical reference to the date of death of Vijayanagar king Krishnadeva Raya has been discovered at Honnenahalli in Tumkur district, Karnataka. Epigraphy is the study of the written matter recorded on hard or durable material. The term is derived from the classical Greek epigraphein (to write upon, incise) and epigraph? […]

In News Recently, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unearthed a Buddhist monastery, buried under a mound in a village situated in a hilly area of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand. Older Related Discoveries In December last year, ASI found a Buddhist shrine with three rooms near agricultural land on the eastern side of Juljul Pahar. The central shrine had Tara’s […]

                            Facts in News Co-WIN Co-WIN(Covid Vaccine Intelligence Work) is a platform for the citizens of India to register for COVID-19 vaccination and schedule their vaccination slots at the nearest vaccination centres. It is also an upgraded version of the eVIN (Electronic […]

                                Facts in News Dutch Indian Water Alliance for Leadership Initiative (DIWALI)              In order to find solutions for water-related challenges a platform called DIWALI has been developed in which India and Netherlands can participate in designing a solution […]

                                 Facts in News Kalahandi’s Kutia Kondhs Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Kalahandi district, Odisha. They have limited interactions with people outside their tribe or the government. Kondhs worship nature and protect forests and wildlife that surround their houses. […]

In News: While releasing a postage stamp on late Smt. Eashwari Bai, Vice President called for consensus over reservation for women in Parliamentary elections. Key Highlights of Vice Presidents speech Need of reservation for Women: Although the 17th Lok Sabha has the highest number of 78 women members, they account only for 14% of the […]

                                  Facts in News Koala Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinereus About It is an Australian animal, often called the koala bear. They are marsupials (mammals with a pouch for the development of offspring). Their fur (hair) is more like the […]

In News Every year, 21st February is celebrated as the Statehood Day of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. On this day in 1987, both of them became full-fledged states of the Indian Union with the Fifty-Third Amendment of the Indian Constitution, 1986. Mizoram Situated in the southernmost tip of the North-Eastern states, Mizoram derives its name […]

                                Facts in News WCCB receives Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020 The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has received the 5th Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020 awarded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). WCCB has won the award in the ‘innovation […]

In News -The centenary of the Sri Nankana Sahib massacre, which is popularly known as Saka Nankana Sahib was marked on  February 21 this year. Background The Nankana Sahib Massacre refers to the grim episode during the Gurdwara Reform Movement/ Akali Movement in which a peaceful batch of reformist Sikhs was subjected to a murderous […]