Indian ocean is the third largest ocean of the world covering 70,560,000km2 area and almost 20% of the water on the earth’s surface. It lies between 20°S and 80°E It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by Southern Ocean […]
The crucial speech of the Independence Day 2020, so narrated by the Prime
PROJECT TIGER As the Bengal Tiger is the National animal of India . The first Tiger census conducted in 1972 in the country . According to this census the Tiger population had dwindled into 1827 from an estimated 55000 at the turn of the century .The current Prime Minister Indira Gandhi realized and took
BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION Definition :- Biological magnification is the increasing concentration of toxic substances ( poisonous chemicals) to build up within organisms that take place at each stage of food chain. Biological magnification also known as Biomagnification or Bioamplification The buildup of toxic increases at each stage of food chain progressively. For example, when a lion
ISA, is an initiative that was launched by our PM and Mr. Francois Hollande, former President of France on 30th November 2015 at COP-21 in Paris. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is a treaty based inter-governmental organization working to create a global market system to tap the benefits of solar power and promote clean energy applications Headquarter-: interim
Enclaves The fragments of land were created when maharaja of Cooch Behar and Foujdar of Rangpur while playing chess, staked each other’s villages. The partition of India in 1947 gave rise to a sensitive situation. Cooch Behar district merged with India and Rangir went to then East Pakistan which became Bangladesh in 1971. The India–Bangladesh enclaves, also
What is Polarity? In international relations, Polarity is the various ways in which power is distributed in the international systems. It is distinguished into three parts based on the ways of power distribution. 1. Unipolarity – Unipolarity in international politics is the distribution of power in which only one state exercises. According to Wohlforth, Unipolar
The auroras in Earth’s Northern Hemisphere are called the aurora borealis. Their southern counterpart, which light up the Antarctic skies in the Southern Hemisphere, are known as the aurora australis. HOW IT IS FORMED? Sun’s corona (outermost atmosphere) consists of the fourth state of matter, i.e. Plasma (collection of charged particles). This Plasma
String of Pearls vs Necklace of Diamond Policy ◆Tensions have been at the peak between India and China where China’s expansionist foreign policy is a threat to India and recent incidents in Ladakh region is an example of that. ◆China is not only showing aggressive behaviour against India in the border areas. But also encircling
