Kattupalli Port project

Kattupalli Port project proposes to expand the port area between Pulicat Lake and Chennai. This is a project in an ecologically sensitive zone in Tamil Nadu and is to be undertaken by Adani Ports. The project seeks to expand the ..

NCRB

NCRB or National Crime Records Bureau is a government agency under the ministry of home affairs and is responsible for collecting and analysing crime data in India. It was established in 1986 and is headquartered in New Delhi. It was ..

INS Shardul

INS Shardul is an amphibious warship of the Indian Navy. It was built indigenously by the GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers) in Kolkata and commissioned into service in 2007. The vessel is capable of transporting battle tanks and an ..

Operation Panopticon

Operation Panopticon is the title given to a recent hacker attack on a Silicon Valley startup that enabled the hacking collective, Advanced Persistent Threat 69420, to access the live feed from 1,50,000 surveillance cameras placed inside prisons, police departments, hospitals, ..

Everydays- The First 5000 Days

Everydays- The First 5000 Days is a jpg file created by Beeple, a digital artist. It was recently auctioned at 69.3 million USD- a new high for non fungible tokens. The digital artwork consists of a collage of all images ..

GIFT City

GIFT City or Gujarat International Finance Tech city is a smart city on the banks of River Sabarmati in Gujarat. It houses India’s first international financial service centre. The project was conceived based on a ‘walk to work’ concept and ..

ILP System

ILP system or inner line permit system is a mechanism used to restrict movement of people in areas near the Indian border. A formal permit called the inner line permit is required to visit or stay in states covered by ..

A Night with Buddha

A Night with Buddha is an event held in Afghanistan in memory of it’s pre-Islamic culture. This event is observed in the 1st week of March to mark the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas, once the tallest in the world, ..

Bamiyan Buddhas

Bamiyan Buddhas refer to two large statues of Buddha in Afghanistan that date back to the 5th century AD. These statues- Salsal (meaning: light shines through the universe) and Shamama ( meaning: Queen Mother), which measured 55 m and 38 ..

IPO

IPO or initial public offering is the process by which the shares of a company are offered to institutional and retail investors for the first time. This is also known as stock market launch. It enables the companies to raise ..