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Avian Influenza (AI) or Bird Flu Avian Influenza (AI) or bird flu is a variety of influenza caused by virus adapted to birds. Most common of the virus is H5N1 strain which is detected globally. How it spreads the Infection? Lethal virus is easily transmitted within birds, highly contagious. Birds can shed avian influenza saliva, […]
What is Stubble Burning? Stubble burning refers to the practice of burning the kharif crop of paddy’s residue to prepare the field for the Rabi crop. Stubble burning has been a cause of severe air pollution in the month of September-October in Delhi NCR Region. Majority of the stubble burning takes place in the states […]
India and Nepal shares a border of 1850 kilometres India and Nepal have been close neighbours and shared unique friendship. Nepal shares a border of 1850 kilometres with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand. The bedrock of the friendship lies in the Indo Nepal Treaty of peace and friendship of […]
Biggest ever decline in GDP in 24 years 1. As per the latest data released, what the actual scenario on GDP front ? The Indian economy has recorded the biggest decline in 24 years in the first quarter of FY 2020-21. According to the government data released on 31 Aug , the country’s economy declined […]
Nepali expansionist ambitions and why they are wrong. India and Nepal are natural partners India and Nepal are natural partners closely knit together by culture and geography. Both countries derive their understanding of the Indo-Nepal boundaries from the Treaty of Sugauli. Recently, both countries are facing a dispute which has arisen from different interpretations of […]
Apologies and Atonement Humankind is in the 21st century. The last century saw the rise of many independent nation-states which struggled their way to achieve independence or through disintegrations. We have witnessed Human rights movements across the world during this time. It is not wrong to say that this century changed the face of the […]
WELCOME TO INDIA : ‘The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans’. We don’t own the planet Earth instead we belong to it and in order to survive we must share it with our wildlife. Keeping this in mind the Supreme Court of our country allowed the […]
RBI’s historic decision, Relief provided in Loan EMIs: RBI has cut the repo rate by 75 bps therefore decreasing it from 5.15% to 4.40% now. Due to this banks will be able to get loans from the RBI at a low rate of interest. This decision of RBI has provided a huge relief to the […]
What is the Siliguri corridor? India’s vulnerable ‘CHICKEN’S NECK’, the Siliguri corridor is the slimmest point, a narrow stretch of about 22 kilometres in the state of West Bengal with the Bangladeshi and Nepalese borders on either side of it, and kingdom of Bhutan in the northern side of the corridor. It connects India’s north […]
Data is the new oil today. It would be very convincing to call data a treasure trove. Data is the way of entering into the people’s mind-set, lifestyle, cultures, traditions and intellect. The one who owns data or have access to it is supposed to rule the masses. Winston Churchill after the Second World War […]