ICRISAT

The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international organisation involved in agricultural research for rural development. Its headquarters is located at Patancheru, Hyderabad. Set up in 1972, it received special status from India as a UN ..

Little Foot

Little Foot is the almost-intact Australopithecus fossil skeleton found in the cave system of Sterkfontein in South Africa. Australopithecus has traits of both apes and humans. It considered to be the direct forebear of homo sapiens. It lived in South ..

CARICOM

CARICOM or Caribbean Community is a regional grouping consisting of 15 members- Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Haiti, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. Its objective is economic cooperation and to coordinate foreign policy. The grouping was ..

Vaccine Maitri

Vaccine Maitri is a diplomatic initiative by India that facilitates the supply of COVID-19 vaccines to those countries in need. India has supplied over 36 million doses to 35 countries and also to UN health workers under this initiative. In ..

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, formerly known as Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park, is a wildlife reserve in Karnataka. It part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. It is named after the river Nagarahole, which is the Kannada term for ‘Serpent River’. It ..

Chabahar Day

Chabahar Day is to be observed on March 4th, 2021 on the sidelines of the Maritime India Summit. It is to be a virtual event and will see the participation of Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Chabahar Port ..

Platypus

Platypus is a duck billed semi-aquatic organism found in Australia. It is one of the only 2 egg laying mammal apart from Echidna. It is known for its reclusive nature and highly specific habitat requirements i.e. near small streams and ..

Dwarka Expressway project

The Dwarka Expressway project, with an outlay of Rs.7,000 crore, will connect Kherki Daula and Shiva temple in Mahipalpur in Delhi. This project was handed over by the Haryana government after several delays to the National Highways Authority of India ..

BrahMos missile

BrahMos is a medium-range supersonic cruise missile designed, developed and produced by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture company set up by India’s DRDO and Russia’s Mashinostroyenia. It can be launched from submarines, ships, planes or land-based platforms. The name Brahmos ..

EU’s Digital Green Pass

The European Commission is to introduce a Digital Green Pass on March 17, when a summit focusing on travel and mobility will take place. The Digital Green Pass will have information related to vaccination, test results and statements of recovery. ..