UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

India’s First 3D-Printed Post Office

India is set to have its first ever 3D-printed post office. It will be located in Cambridge Layout in Ulsoor, Bangalore. The project is being implemented by Larsen & Toubro. 3D pr...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

National Mission for Cultural Mapping

It was launched in 2017, by the Ministry of Culture. It aims to construct a database of artists, art forms and other resources from  various organizations under the Ministry of Culture....

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

LIGO-India Project

It is an international network of laboratories which aims to detect the ripples in spacetime. The ripples are produced by the movement of large celestial objects. The objective is to de...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Mission was established by Swami Vivekananda in 1897. He was the disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, who was a great spiritual leader. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was a devotee...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Bandipur has completed 50 years recently as a Project Tiger Reserve. Situated among the districts of Mysore and Chamarajanagar in Karnataka. It is a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve....

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Organization of Islamic Cooperation

It is the 2nd  largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations, with membership of 57 states. Established under a summit that took place in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco in 1969....

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Rare Earth Elements

Recently, large deposits of 15 rare earth elements were found in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. REEs are 17 metallic elements in the periodic table. These metals have hig...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation recently. NATO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It is a western defensive military alliance led by the United States. I...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Kangra Tea

The European Commission granted a GI tag for Kangra tea. Cultivated in Himachal Pradesh, one of the smallest tea regions in India, the region makes Kangra green and black tea which are exclus...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Indira Gandhi Canal

It was constructed from 1952 to 2010 and is the longest in India. Originally known as the Rajasthan canal, it was later renamed as Indira Gandhi Canal in 1984. The canal originates at t...