It’s time to discuss depopulation #GS-01 Population For Prelims: Population and India: India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation by 2023. China’s population has begun to decline, while India’s population is expected to grow for another 40 years. By current […]
Nagaland Hornbill Festival #GS-01 Art & Culture For Prelims State Hornbill Festival: The Festival is celebrated in Nagaland to encourage inter-tribal interaction and to preserve, protect and revive the uniqueness and richness of the Naga heritage. It is one of the largest indigenous festival organised […]
Lachit Borphukan #GS-01 Indian History For Prelims Lachit Borphukan: Lachit Borphukan was a commander and Borphukan, in the Ahom kingdom in present day Assam. He is known for his leadership in the 1671 Battle of Saraighat that thwarted a drawn-out attempt by Mughal forces under […]
El Niño and La Niña #GS-01 Geography For Prelims: El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of what is known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. El Niño: El Nino means ‘little boy’ or ‘Christ child’ in Spanish. El Nino is a climate […]
India’s population growth #GS-01 Population For Prelims: World Population: The United Nations has declared that World population has reached 8 billion on 15 November 2022. India was the largest contributor to the milestone, having added 177 million people of the last billion people born in […]
Auroville #GS-01 History For Prelims What is Auroville: Auroville is an experimental township in Viluppuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, with some parts in the Union Territory of Pondicherry. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa and designed by architect Roger […]
Saving the precious #GS-03 Environment, #GS-01 Geography For Mains: Condition of India’s Ground water: The Total Annual Groundwater Recharge for the entire country is 437.60 billion cubic metres (bcm) out of which the quantity extracted was 239.16 bcm. A similar assessment in 2020 found that […]
Nadaprabhu Hiriya Kempe Gowda #GS-01 Indian History, Indian Heritage For Prelims: Who is Kempe Gowda: Nadaprabhu Hiriya Kempe Gowda, was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire and ruled over most parts of Karnataka in the 16th century. He was a just and humane ruler credited […]
Forgotten in India after fighting from world trenches #GS-01 Indian History For Mains: Why India doesn’t celebrate the victory of world wars: Indian reticence over these two conflicts arises from the uneasy relationship between the Indian contribution to fighting fascism on a global stage and […]
