Omni Hansa V5

Omni Hansa V5 is a drone. It covered 51 kilometres of distance in a single flight. As of November 2021, this was the longest distance covered by any drone in India. About Omni Hansa V5 The drone was developed by ..

Late Ordovician mass extinction

The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME) is also known as Ordovician-Silurian extinction. They are the second largest of the five major extinction events of the earth. The first largest was the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction. Five Major Extinction Events of the ..

Infant Mortality Rate

The Infant Mortality Rate or IMR is the number of deaths of children (under one year of age) per 1000 live births. On the other hand, the death rate of children under five year of age is called Child Mortality ..

Singapore Convention on Mediation

The Singapore Convention on Mediation was adopted in 2018. It is a UN Convention. It is the first United Nations treaty to be named after Singapore. It is also called United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. ..

Landsat

The Landsat is the longest running programme of NASA. The Landsat satellite sends images of the earth to the base stations. These images are major resources for research, education, surveillance, applications in agriculture, geology, cartography, forestry and regional planning. About ..

Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) – 2021

The Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC), 2021 was held focusing on the Indian Ocean Region. This is the third edition of the conclave. About Goa Maritime Conclave, 2021 The Navy Chiefs of twelve maritime forces attended the conclave. They were Thailand, ..

Deusi-Bhailo

Deusi-Bhailo are traditional songs that are sung during the festivals of Nepal, Assam, Darjeeling, Sikkim and also in other parts of India. The Deusi and Bhailo songs are mainly sung during Tihar (Diwali). About Deusi-Bhailo The children sing these songs ..

Bandi Chhor Divas

The Bandi Chhor Divas is celebrated to commemorate the sixth guru of the Sikhs. The sixth guru of the Sikhs is Guru Hargobind. He imprisoned Jahangir (the Mughal Emperor), secured the release of 52 Hindu kings (imprisoned by Mughal rulers) ..

Double Asteroid Redirection Test

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a testing method to deflect or defend the near-earth objects. The DART will deliberately (wantedly) crash a spacecraft into a double asteroid didymos. The Didymos is potentially a hazardous asteroid. The test will ..

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It has more than 900 coral islands, 2,900 individual reefs that stretches over 2,300 kilometres. The reef is located in the coral sea along the coast of ..