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Assam’s Charaideo Maidam gets nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 27, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

It has been decided to nominate Charaideo Moidam in Assam for UNESCO World Heritage Site. Currently there is no World Heritage Site in the category of cultural heritage in Northeast India. T... Read more

National Tourism Day

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 27, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

National Tourism Day is celebrated every year on January 25 to recognize India’s natural beauty and raise awareness about the importance of tourism for the Indian economy.India is one... Read more

India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 25, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project, signed in 2018, will connect Siliguri in West Bengal in India and Parbatipur in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh. The Maitri pipeline from In... Read more

Agarkar Research Institute (ARI) team in Pune recently discovered a rare low altitude basalt plateau in Manjare village of Thane district

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 24, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) team recently discovered a rare low-altitude basalt plateau in Manjare village, Thane district in the Western Ghats.This is the 4th type of plateau to be id... Read more

Patna circle discovered 1200 years old miniature stupas at world heritage site ‘Nalanda Mahavihara’ in Nalanda district of the state

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 23, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

Patna Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered two 1200-year-old miniature stupas during landscaping activities near the Sarai Tila mound within the complex of the w... Read more

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) started reopening those sections in the Purana Qila

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 23, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has begun reopening sections at the Purana Qila that were excavated during two previous excavation projects over the past decade. Residents” ha... Read more

LHS 475b

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 19, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

New exoplanet named LHS 475b has been discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).It is roughly the same size as Earth, with a di... Read more

Increase in the number of blackbuck in India

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 14, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

According to a new study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), blackbucks in India have adapted well to natural and human-induced challenges to their survival. In spite of immense los... Read more

Deepor Beel

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 13, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

Guwahati Wildlife Division of the Assam Forest Department conducted the 2nd Bird Species Count Exercise after February 2022 in Deepor Beel Wetland, which is the only Ramsar Site in Assam.Alt... Read more

Vishwa Hindi Diwas

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 12, 2023In: Paper- I, UPSCNo Comments

Vishwa Hindi Diwas (VHD) or World Hindi Day (WHD) is celebrated every year on 10th January to promote the Hindi language all around the world. Hindi got its name from the Persian word Hind,... Read more