Topic: Country subdivisions
Stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh since 2016
Stubble burning is the agricultural practice of setting fire to crop residue, mainly paddy stubble, after harvesting. It is primarily observed in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh (UP),...
Inaugural Conclave on “National Capital Region -2041” held in Delhi
Shri Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, chaired the inaugural conclave on “National Capital Region -2041” organized by the National Capital...Delhi approves India’s first sports university
The Delhi Cabinet has recently approved a Bill to set up India’s first sports university in Delhi, which will offer graduation, post graduation and doctorate degrees in cricket,...Sanjay Mitra committee to oversee bifurcation of J&K
The Union Government has constituted a 3-member committee to look into distribution of assets and liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) between Union territories of J&K and Ladakh,...Delhi government to provide free rides to women in city buses and metro trains
The Delhi Cabinet has given “in principle” approval to the free-ride scheme of providing free rides for women in city buses and metro trains. For this cause, the...Meenakshi Lekhi authored book titled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’
The book titled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’ has been authored by Meenakshi Lekhi, a Lok Sabha MP from Delhi and a Supreme Court lawyer. It is co-authored by...Delhi Metro becomes India’s first project to receive power from waste-to-energy
The Delhi Metro has become the India’s first-ever project to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. According to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the project is also...India’s newest pit viper found in Arunachal Pradesh
A team of herpetologists led by Ashok Captain have described a new species of reddish-brown pit viper — a venomous snake with a unique heat-sensing system — from...
Myanmar: More than 50 dead in the landslide
In a major landslide in the jade mining area of the northern Kachin state of Myanmar at least 50 people have been feared to be killed. The accident...
Iran: Warnings of Fresh Floods lead to Mass Evacuations
The authorities in southern Iran have got many villages and towns evacuated as warnings for a fresh round of floods had been issued especially in the regions which...
