4 January 2021 Introduction: India launched the 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. This marks four decades of country’s scientific endeavour to the Southern continent. Highlights: The expedition has been launched by the Ministry of Earth Science. Ice class vessel MV Vasiliy Golovin has been deployed for the expedition. The expedition commenced from Mamugao Port […]

4 January 2020. Introduction: More than 1700 migratory birds in Himachal Pradesh’s famous Pong Dam wetland of Kangara district were found dead under mysterious circumstances . the ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Disease has confirmed H5N1 virus as the cause of the fatalities.. Key Points: . The ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Disease […]

A terrestrial ecosystem is an ecosystem found only on the land. These are: Tundra. Taiga.(Northern coniferous forest) Temperate Deciduous forest. Tropical rainforest. Tropical deciduous forest Grassland. Desert.             What are the factors on which the nature and extent of a biome depends? The nature and extent of a biome is depends on the physical factors […]

The term ecology was coined by Earnst Haeckel in 1869. The term ecology is derived from the Greek words oikos-home and logos-study. This makes ecology as the study of organisms in their natural homes interacting with their surroundings. These surroundings consist of both living and nonliving factors. The living factors of organisms are called biotic […]

31 December 2020. Introduction: Dzukou Valley is one of the most beautiful places in Manipur. It has been engulfed by a wild fire which started from the Nagaland side. The exact cause of fire is not yet known. Highlights : The Indian Air Force has  been deployed by the Nagaland Government to tame the massive […]