Jellyfish bloom

Jellyfish bloom is a phenomenon involving increased population of jellyfishes. It may occur due to changes in ocean and wind patterns, ecosystem shifts and jellyfish behaviours. It may affect ecological community composition and structure by reducing the availability of prey ..

Char Dham highway project

The Char Dham highway project, which is still under the construction stage, is two-way national highway in Uttarakhand. This project has been linked with the recent flash floods in the state, which caused numerous deaths and damaged Tapovan hydro project. ..

Puerto Rico’s LGBTQ emergency

In January this year, Puerto Rico declared a state of emergency for 18 months to direct government resources to combat violence targeting members of the LGBTQ community. The executive order for this purpose includes appointment of new government representatives to ..

Animal Welfare Board of India

The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) is a statutory advisory body that was established under the Section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. It provides advisory service to the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandries and ..

Perseverance rover

The Perseverance rover of NASA successfully landed on the Martial surface recently. It will involve in the search for life on Mars. It will also collect 30 rock and soil samples in sealed tubes, which would eventually be sent back ..

H.R. 40

The H.R. 40 or the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-American Act seeks to create a commission to look into the need for introducing reparation for slavery in the US. This Bill has been floated for nearly ..

US Citizenship Act of 2021

The US Citizenship Act of 2021 is proposed by President Joe Biden. It seeks to eliminate per-country cap for employment-based green cards. It proposed law to provide for 8-year path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants. Its other benefits ..

Labour Bureau surveys

In a first, the labour bureau under the Union Labour Ministry will be conducting 5 nationwide surveys in five main regional languages along with English and Hindi. This is to minimise data inaccuracies. The regional languages to be used in ..

Dhubri-Phulbari bridge

Dhubri-Phulbari bridge is a 19-km long four lane bridge that is to be built across River Brahmaputra. It will connect Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya. Upon completion, it will be the longest bridge in India. The estimated cost ..

Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020

The Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020 was conferred to the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This award publicly recognises government officials/institutions combating transboundary environmental crimes like illegal trade of wildlife, chemicals or wastes. ..