UPSC Prelims Facts
Posted in Prelims Facts Corner

UPSC Prelims Facts – 16 January 2024

Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs), Winter Harvest Festivals, Steel Stag Road Technology (SSRT), Right to Reside

Vulture restaurant
Posted in Environment Species in news

Vulture restaurant

Vulture Restaurants have been set up to conserve the species in Jharkhand.

Pench Tiger Reserve
Posted in Environment National Parks Protected Sites Tiger Reserves

Pench Tiger Reserve

Pench Tiger Reserve has been designated as India’s 1st and Asia’s 5th Dark Sky Park

Nuclear Battery
Posted in Science & Technology Alternative Energy Chemistry

Nuclear Battery

China introduced a battery that can lasts for 50 years without charging.

Ganga Sagar Mela
Posted in Culture

Ganga Sagar Mela

West Bengal Government seeking “national fair” status for the Ganga Sagar Mela

Shankaracharya
Posted in History Culture Personalities in History

Shankaracharyas | Adi Shankaracharya

All four Shankaracharyas will not attend January 22’s Ram temple inauguration.

UPSC Prelims Facts
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UPSC Prelims Facts – 14 & 15 January 2024

Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project, Atal Setu Nhava Sheva Sea Link, Humboldt’s enigma, Green Rupee Term Deposit Scheme

lentils
Posted in Economy Agriculture

Lentil Production in India

India’s lentil production set to touch all-time high

Kalaram Temple
Posted in History Culture Modern History Personalities in History

Kalaram Temple | Nashik Satyagraha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Kalaram Mandir

Vadnagar
Posted in History Architecture Culture

Vadnagar – India’s Oldest Living City

India’s oldest living city found in PM Modi’s native village Vadnagar: multi-institution study

Ocean Heat Content
Posted in Geography Geography Phenomenon

Ocean Heat Content (OHC)

A study conducted in 2023 revealed that the heat content of the world’s oceans has increased two to three times since the late 1980s.

Himalayan Wolf
Posted in Environment Species in news

IUCN Assessment of the Himalayan Wolf

1st ever IUCN Assessment of the Himalayan Wolf published.