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1) Zorawar: The Indian Army is prioritising the procurement of the indigenous Indian light tank named ‘Zorawar’ for deployment in the mountains. The Armoured Fighting Vehicle-Indian Light Tank (AFV-ILT) ‘Zorawar’ will be deployed to outmanoeuvre the movement of Chinese forces during the standoff in eastern Ladakh. It will be designed to operate from High AltitudeRead more

1) Data Sonification: Data Sonification is the translation of astronomical data into sounds. This sonification translates the actual sound waves discovered in data from various NASA missions – such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and Spitzer Space Telescope. There is a misconception that there is no sound in space because most ofRead more

1) Mandala art: Mandala is a geometric design or pattern that represents the cosmos or deities in various heavenly worlds. “It’s all about finding peace in the symmetry of the design and the universe,”. It is believed to be rooted in Buddhism, appearing in the first century BC in India. In Hinduism, the mandala imageryRead more

1) India’s sex ratio at birth normalizes slightly: The latest study by Pew Research Center has pointed out that “son bias” is on a decline in India and the average annual number of “baby girls missing” in India fell from approx. 4.8 lakh in 2010 to 4.1 lakh in 2019. Missing females: It refers toRead more

1) Soft release centres: Jharkhand forest officials have chalked out plans to set up soft release centres in order to ensure enough food for tigers, which will help in increasing their numbers in the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR). The soft release centres are those where animals are placed in pre-release cages located close to theRead more

1) NAFIS – National Automated Fingerprint Identification System: It was developed by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) at the Central Fingerprint Bureau (CFPB). A unique 10-digit National Fingerprint Number (NFN) will be assigned to each person arrested for a crime. It will be used for his lifetime. Different crimes registered under different FIRs willRead more

1) Resurrecting the extinct Tasmanian Tiger: Scientists in the US and Australia have embarked on a project to resurrect the thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial that went extinct in the 1930s, using gene-editing technology. Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), the only animal in the Thylacinidae family to survive in modern times, was a marsupial mammalRead more

1) Endosulfan: it is an organochlorine insecticide which was first introduced in the 1950s and is commonly known by its trade name Thiodan. It is linked to a slew of grave medical conditions, such as neurotoxicity, physical deformities, poisoning and more. It is sprayed on crops like cotton, cashew, fruits, tea, paddy, tobacco etc. forRead more

1) Vostok exercise: Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries Exercise TSENTR is part of the annual series of large scale exercises that form part of the Russian Armed Forces’ annual training cycle The series rotatesRead more

1) Paalan 1000: it is National Campaign and Parenting App Paalan 1000’ focuses on the cognitive development of children in the first two years of their life. The app will provide practical advice to caregivers on what they can do in their everyday routine and will help clear doubts. The first 1,000 days encompasses conceptionRead more