Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day is a tradition followed in the USA and Canada where a groundhog predicts whether or not the winter will continue. The groundhog is believed to predict this with the help of its shadow. Punxsutawney town in Pennsylvania, USA ..

Westward shift in cyclones

The tropical cyclones across the world have been shifting westwards. Tropical cyclones have been moving westward since 1982 at the rate of 30 km per decade. This is bringing more cyclones closer to land but this has mysteriously not resulted ..

Neutrino oscillations

Neutrino oscillation is a phenomenon in which neutrinos change from one ‘flavour’ to another during the supernova process. There are 3 flavours or types of neutrinos- electron-neutrino, muon-neutrino and tau-neutrino. When neutrino oscillations occur over different energies simultaneously, it is ..

Core collapse supernova

Core collapse supernova or type II supernova is the explosion of a star accompanied by the collapse of its inner material. This occurs in stars that are over eight times as massive as our sun, at the end of their ..

MILGEM project

MILGEM project is a warship program of the Turkish government. The term ‘milgem’ means ‘national ship’ in Turkish. It is a project for development of multi-purpose corvettes and frigates. Recently, the welding ceremony of a MILGEM class corvette ship, meant ..

‘Buy American, Hire American’ order

‘Buy American, Hire American’ is an executive order passed by the US administration under Donald Trump in 2017. The move was aimed at increasing employment rates and wages of the American workers and also to protect the economic interests of ..

Innovation sandbox

Innovation sandbox is a testing environment where new fintech products and solutions are tested out. It is isolated from the live market and hence helps identify and promote innovative solutions with minimal risk. An enabling environment, testing facilities and test ..

Demoiselle crane

Demoiselle crane is a species of crane found in the Eurasian region stretching from the Black Sea in the west to Mongolia in the east. They are migratory in nature and spend the winters in Africa and Indian subcontinent. Recently, ..

Devalsari

Devalsari is a region in Uttarakhand that could be declared as the 1st biodiversity heritage site in the state. The region is noted for its rich biodiversity and the rare Achelura bifasciata, a day flying moth, was spotted in its ..

Ekamra Kshetra Heritage project

The Ekamra Kshetra Heritage project is a heritage conservation project introduced by the Odisha government in 2019. It follows the Puri Srimandir Heritage Project introduced under the 5T program of Odisha. The heritage project seeks to beautify the periphery of ..