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1) Boreal Forest: The boreal forest (or “taiga”) is the world’s largest land biome. It principally spans 8 countries: Canada, China, Finland, Japan, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States. Boreal forests are defined as forests growing in high-latitude environments where freezing temperatures occur for 6 to 8 months and in which trees are capableRead more

1) East Asia Summit: EAS is the Indo-Pacific’s premier forum for strategic dialogue. It is the only leader-led forum at which all key Indo-Pacific partners meet to discuss political, security and economic challenges facing the region. Australia participated, as a founding member, in the inaugural EAS held in Kuala Lumpur on 14 December 2005. TheRead more

1) United Nations (UN) World Population Prospects 2022: The world population touched eight billion and India was the largest contributor having added 177 million people of the last billion people. However, the global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen under 1 per cent in 2020. The world’s population could growRead more

1) Permacrisis: The Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022 is “permacrisis” It is a term that describes the extended period of instability and insecurity. It became a commonly used word in Britain, reflecting the instability caused by Brexit, COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather conditions, war in Ukraine, political instability in the UK and theRead more

1) Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS): The scheme of EMRSs was introduced in the year 1997-98 to ensure tribal students get access to quality education in the remote tribal areas. The schools would focus to provide quality upper primary, secondary and senior secondary level education to ST Students in these areas. In 2018, it wasRead more

1) Himalayan Gray Langur: also called Chamba Sacred Langur is a colobine, meaning leaf-eating monkey. It is endemic to the Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal regions of western Himalayas, where the ecosystem is vulnerable. It is also reported from Pakistan and Nepal. It is considered an endangered species in IUCN red list. In the WildlifeRead more

1) Kempe Gowda: Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, a 16th century chieftain of the Vijayanagara empire, is credited as the founder of Bengaluru. A 108-feet tall bronze statue of Kempegowda, also called the “Statue of Prosperity” is being unveiled in Bangalore. He is also known to have developed around 1,000 lakes in the city to cater to drinkingRead more

1) Pashmina Shawls: Traders of Pashmina shawls are complaining that “obsolete testing methods” have resulted in many of their export consignments being flagged by Customs authorities for presence of Shahtoosh guard hair. Pashmina is obtained from a breed of mountain goats (Capra hircus) found on the Changthang Plateau in Tibet and parts of Ladakh. ARead more

1) Vikram-S: It is India’s First Privately developed Rocket. Vikram-S has been developed with the Support of ISRO and IN-SPACe Agencies and Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace. The mission named ‘Prarambh’ (the beginning), since it is the first mission for Skyroot. With this maiden mission, Skyroot is set to become the first private space company in IndiaRead more

1) Law Commission: Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body and is constituted by a notification of the Government of India. The Charter Act 1833 provided for the establishment of a Law Commission for consolidation and codification of Indian Laws. In 1835, Lord Macaulay became Chairman of the First Law Commission. The tenure ofRead more