Ramagundam solar power plant

Ramagundam solar power plant is set to be the largest floating solar power plant in India. It is to be set up by NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) at Ramagundam in Telangana. The photo voltaic project will have a capacity ..

Electoral autocracy

Electoral autocracy is a type of hybrid political regime in which democratic institutions are present but there are numerous violations of liberal democratic norms. Recently, India was classifies as an ‘electoral autocracy’ alongside Hungary and Turkey in the Liberal Democracy ..

Operation Smile

Operation Smile is an initiative of the ministry of home affairs for missing children. Under this scheme, the police personnel trace and rescue missing children. This month long operation was carried out in 2014. A similar exercise, Operation Muksaan, was ..

AMBER Alert

AMBER Alert or America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response Alert is USA’s mechanism to trace children who go missing, are trafficked or abducted and also runaway children. It was created in 1966 and named after Amber Hagerman, a 9 year old child ..

Diphtheria

Diphtheria is an infectious disease that affects the nose, throat and skin. It is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria that is transmitted through coughing, sneezing or close contact with infected person. The bacteria produces the diphtheria toxin that leads to acute ..

Gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes is a medical condition in which the blood sugar level of women becomes high during pregnancy. This condition can affect even those women who had never been diagnosed with diabetes before the pregnancy. Though the condition goes away ..

Steel Import Monitoring System

The global steel industry plays a pivotal role in the economies of many countries, contributing significantly to infrastructure development, manufacturing, and various other sectors. However, the imbalance in steel trade, often resulting from unfair practices like dumping, can have adverse ..

Herath

Herath is a festival of Shivratri that is celebrated over a period of 3 days in Jammu and Kashmir region. It is celebrated on the eve of Shivratri by Kashmiri Pandits. It marks the wedding of Goddess Parvati with Lord ..

SERB PRISM

SERB PRISM or Project Information System and Management is a portal developed by SERB (Science and Engineering Board), a statutory body under the science and technology department. The portal was envisaged as a comprehensive gateway for real-time information and knowledge ..

Core accretion model

Core accretion model is one of the 2 theories that explain the formation of giant gas planets. The other theory is disk instability model. In core accretion model, solid particles collide and aggregate to form a planetary embryo, which then ..