Work from AnyWhere Portal

Work from AnyWhere (WAW) portal was launched by the Union IT minister during an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the foundation of NICSI – a public sector enterprise under the National Informatics Centre of MeitY. The WAW portal seeks ..

Blue Economy Policy

The draft of the Blue Economy Policy was released by the government recently for the public feedback. The proposed policy seeks to use innovative financing and business models for promoting island tourism, deep-sea mining and the ocean energy sector. The ..

Lesbos’ petrified forest

Lesbos’ petrified forest is UNESCO protected site spanning across 15,000 hectares of land in Lesbos, a Greek island in the northeastern Aegean sea. The site is the result of a volcanic eruption that occurred around 20 million years ago and ..

Tucuxi dolphin

The Tucuxi dolphins living in the Amazon River and its tributaries are among the most vulnerable in the world. They are also found in Colombia’s Caqueta, Apaporis and Putumayo rivers. They were classified as “endangered” by the International union for ..

The “Doomsday Clock”

The “Doomsday Clock” portrays the threats faced by the Earth and the mankind. It was created in 1947 with hands being at seven minutes before midnight. The hands of the Doomsday Clock measure the vulnerability of the world to a ..

Mount Merapi

In Indonesia, which is located in the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, Mount Merapi erupted recently. It is one among many active volcanoes in the southeast Asian nation. The volcano is located near Indonesia’s cultural capital Yogyakarta. Some of the ashes ..