Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in Manila, Philippines. ADB...
Month: September 2020
Pink, red lakes across the world: What gives water bodies their colour? Find out
The shallow salt lake in Bolivia is also known as Red Lagoon because of the blood-like deep red colour it...
Iran sees ‘revival’ of imperiled Lake Urmia
It is one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades, but the shrinking of Iran’s great Lake Urmia finally...
Nautical Law: What is UNCLOS?
UNCLOS is an acronym for the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea. The convention is also sometimes...
10 more wetlands added to Ramsar sites: Prakash Javadekar
The Ramsar Convention, signed on February 2, 1971, is one of the oldest inter-governmental accords signed to preserve the ecological...
United States approves first-ever small commercial nuclear reactor
US officials have for the first time approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor, and a Utah energy...
Consumer App
Recently, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has launched the ‘Consumer App’ to fast-track consumer grievance redressal process.It will provide...
Early Galaxy Detected by AstroSat
A team of Scientists from the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) has discovered one of the earliest galaxies called AUDFs01 using AstroSat.The...
National Mineral Policy, 2019
The Union Cabinet recently approved the National Mineral Policy, 2019 (NMP 2019). This policy aims to ensure effective regulation and...
India bans 18 pesticides, has many more to go
Around three years after the Anupam Verma Committee submitted its recommendations, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has finally...
From Green Revolution to Millet Revolution
“Kodo kutki hatao soyabean lagao” was a popular slogan in the erstwhile unified rural Madhya Pradesh till early 2000s, exhorting millet...
Brazil’s Pantanal, world’s largest wetland, burns from above and below
The world's largest wetland is ablaze, but the fire is often invisible. In Brazil's Pantanal, the vegetation compacted under the...
How dangerous is the volcanic eruption in Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung?
The latest eruption spewed 5000-metre high column of ash and smoke into the air, with ash covering three districts and...
What are Doldrums?
Doldrums Everyone is familiar with the term ocean and current but most of the people do not know about doldrums....