Indian Navy inducts indigenously developed anti-torpedo decoy system Maareech

The Indian Navy  has inducted an advanced anti-torpedo decoy system called ‘Maareech’ that is capable of being fired from all frontline ships. Maareech’ has been designed and developed indigenously by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and it is capable of detecting,…

La Nina likely, boost for southwest monsoon this year

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has raised its El-Nino Southern Oscillation Alert (ENSO) outlook status to La Nina watch; The southwest monsoon is likely to get a huge boost as the likelihood of the La Nina phenomenon increases.          …

Sukhna Lake is now a Wetland

The Chandigarh administration had on Monday issued a draft notification for declaring Sukhna Lake as a wetland under the Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rule, 2017. Suggestions and objections have been invited from residents for the same. implying that encroachments, setting up of any industry, dumping of…

India elected non-permanent member of UN Security Council

India was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly.  Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the Security Council elections as non-permanent members. Other non permanent members are: Estonia, Niger, Saint…

India becomes founding member of global alliance on Artificial Intelligence

India has joined leading nations of the world including USA, UK, EU, Australia among others as a founding member of a league of nations which has launched a Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI or Gee-Pay). The first of its kind initiative is aimed to guide…

Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region: Temperature, cyclones set to be severe in India

The pessimal  climate change scenario is  listed in the country’s first national climate change assessment by the ministry of earth sciences. Under all climate change scenarios, the extremes will only intensify. The report projected and said following Warming over India and Indian…