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Biggest Floating Solar Power Plant of India
The biggest floating solar power plant of India is to be set up at Ramagundam in Telangana. About Ramagundam Solar Power Plant The capacity of the solar power plant is 100 MW. It is expected to be opened in May ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
First Image of Black Hole Magnetic Field
For the first time, international scientists working on the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have created an image showing the magnetic field around a black hole. The black hole is located in M87 galaxy. Black Hole Magnetic Field Image In 2019, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
What is Suez Canal Blockade?
A container ship called the “Ever Given” recently ran aground in the Suez Canal. This blocked more than 400 ships from transiting the canal. The blockage created huge impacts on global trade and is referred to as Suez Canal Crisis ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
What are New Rates on PPF, Small Savings Schemes?
The government withdrew its a day before the order of reduction of 40-110 basis points in interest rates of small savings schemes including Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC). What was the announcement? As per an announcement ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
2021 Global Gender Gap Index: Key findings and India’s Rank
The World Economic Forum has released the Global Gender Gap Report 2021. India has seen a decrease in its ranking on the index by 28 places. Key Points India has been ranked 140th among 156 countries on the index. With ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
What is Article 244(A) of the Constitution?
Recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a video message promised to implement Article 244 (A) of the Constitution in order to safeguard the interests of the people in tribal-majority districts of Assam. What is Article 244(A) of the Constitution? Article ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples: Key Findings
A new report titled Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples has been released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Mahendragiri: Odisha’s Second Biosphere Reserve
The Odisha state government has proposed a second biosphere reserve in the southern part of the state at Mahendragiri. It is a mountain in the Gajapati district of the state. It is at an altitude of 1,501 metres. Mahendragiri is ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Computer Aided CME Tracking Software (CACTus) and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)
Scientists have developed a new technique for tracking the huge bubbles of gas threaded with magnetic field lines that are ejected from the Sun, disrupting space weather and causing satellite failures, geomagnetic storms, and power outages. Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
What is Carnivac-Cov Vaccine?
The first animal vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the world has been registered in Russia. It was announced by the country’s agriculture safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor. Key Points The world’s first animal vaccine against the novel coronavirus has been named ..