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1) Indian Black Honeybee: A new species of endemic honeybee has been discovered in the Western Ghats called Apis karinjodian. It is after a gap of more than 200 years that a new species of honeybee has been spotted in the Western Ghats. The last honeybee described from India was Apis indica in 1798 byRead more

1) UIDAI: It is a statutory authority established under the provisions of Aadhaar act 2016 by the Govt. of India under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Its aim to provide for good governance, efficient, transparent and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services. The UIDAI is mandated to assign a 12-digit unique identificationRead more

1) Process of Inclusion in the ST List:  The process to include tribes in the ST list begins with the recommendation from the respective State governments, which are then sent to the Tribal Affairs Ministry, which reviews and sends them to the Registrar General of India for approval. This is followed by the NCST approvalRead more

1) Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The AD-1 is a long-range interceptor missile designed for both low exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric interceptionRead more

1) Coronal Holes: NASA released an image taken by its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) where the Sun seems to be smiling. Coronal holes are cooler denser regions in the Sun’s corona. It is a patch of the Sun’s atmosphere with much lower density than elsewhere. They appear as irregular black patches when the sun isRead more

1) Two-finger test: The two-finger test, carried out by a medical practitioner, involves the examination of her vagina to check if she is habituated to sexual intercourse. The practice is unscientific and does not provide any definite information In May 2013, the apex court had held that the two-finger test violates a woman’s right toRead more

1) Tulu and Kodava: speakers have opposed the draft of the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Bill, 2022 to ensure the “extensive use” of Kannada. Both are Dravidian languages. The native speakers of Tulu are referred to as Tuluva or Tulu people and the geographical area is unofficially called Tulu Nadu. Separated early from Proto-South Dravidian,Read more

1) Machchhu River: Machchhu River originates from Madla hills (Jasdan) and meets in little Rann of Kuchchh. It is a North flowing river of Saurashtra in Gujarat state. There are 2 dams located on river Machchhu River – Machchhu-I & Machchhu-II. The newly-restored colonial-era suspension bridge, Morbi Bridge, Locally known as the Julto Pool, overRead more

1) United Nations Security Council Counter- Terrorism Committee: The UNSC’s counter-terrorism meeting will be hosted in Mumbai and Delhi. This will be the first such meeting of the UNSC-CTC in India since its establishment in 2001. Theme: ‘countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes’. The CTC was established by Security CouncilRead more

1) GM mustard: GEAC recently approved commercial cultivation of genetically modified mustard variety DMH (Dhara Mustard Hybrid)-11 which is the only the second approved transgenic crop in India after Bt cotton, and the first such food crop that can be commercially cultivated by farmers. The GEAC approval is valid for the next four years. HybridisationRead more