Since landing on Mars in November 2018, the InSight spacecraft’s French-built seismometer has detected more than 450 seismic signals to date, according to NASA. Scientists believe the “vast majority” of…
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The Blue Dot Network
U.S. and India, are expected to have discussed the Blue Dot Network, a proposal that will certify infrastructure and development projects, during Trump's maiden visit to India. Observers have referred…
What is Biojet Fuel?
History was made when the IAF’s An-32 aircraft using a 10% blend of Indian biojet fuel took off from Leh’s Kushok Bakula Rimpoche airport on January 31 What is Biojet Fuel? Biojet…
What is Mediation?
The Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran to persuade anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters to end their blockade of a public road. This was an attempt at court-ordered mediation…
Coral Reefs
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate.Most coral reefs are built from stony…
What are Mangroves?
Mangroves A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species.…
Economic Effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The economic effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus around the world according to the World Economic Forum. As China grapples with the coronavirus, the economic damage is mounting around the world. There…
What is ‘Plasma Therapy’? What is its use in COVID-19?
Chinese doctors using ‘plasma therapy’ to treat COVID-19 Chinese health officials on Monday urged patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate blood so that plasma can be extracted to…
What are microplastics?
What are microplastics? Microplastics are defined as plastic pieces that are between 1 micrometre (one millionth of a metre) and 5 millimetres in size. Nanoplastics are particles that are smaller…
How WHO names Diseases? -2015 Guidelines
The WHO has named Coronavirus Disease as COVID-19, in line with the WHO 2015 naming guidelines between the global agency, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Food and…