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Hornbill Festival
The Hornbill Festival, which is called the ‘Festivals of Festivals’, is a 10-day annual cultural fest of Nagaland that showcases the rich and diverse Naga ethnicity through folk dances, traditional music, local cuisine, handicraft, art workshops etc. The start of this festival (December 1) marks the Nagaland statehood day. Every year the Hornbill festival is ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Hornbill • Hornbill Festival • Nagaland • Nagas • North East India • Tribal Festival
Crocidura narcondamica: New Shrew species found at A&N
A team from the Zoological Survey of India has discovered a new insect eating mammal species. The animal has been named Crocidura Norcondamica. About Crocidura Norcondamica It is almost the size of the house mouse. It lives in the forest floor and feed on insects. They help to control the insect population in the dense ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Andaman and Nicobar • Andaman Sea • Endangered species • Geological Survey of India • Hornbill • new speices • Norcondam Island • Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
Tripura to host Hornbill Festival
Tripura government is to hold the two-day Hornbill Festival for the first time from February 8, 2020. The festival has been an important state festival of Nagaland, which is usually held in the month of December in the Naga heritage village of Nagaland. Tripura hosts the festival with an aim to conserve the Hornbill bird ..
Topics: Cultural tourism • Festivals in India • Government of Tripura • Hornbill • Nagaland
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists Hump-backed Mahseer as Critically Endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recently listed Hump-backed Mahseer as Critically Endangered in the Red List of Threatened Species. The scientific name of hump-backed mahseer is ‘Tor remadevii’, which is named after noted ichthyologist K. Remadevi of the Zoological Survey of India. The giant game fish (also called the tiger of ..
Topics: Cyprinidae • Cypriniformes • Freshwater fish of India • Great hornbill • Hornbill • Mahseer • Ostariophysi • Tor • Tor malabaricus • Tor remadevii • Western Ghats • Wreathed hornbill
Current Affairs: November 30, 2011
“Rann Utsav”: Desert festival from December 15, 2011 The Rann Utsav, a grand fiesta in the white desert of Kutch in Gujarat, will be held this year from December 15, 2011 to January 15, 2012. The festival, a tourist’s delight, is a brainchild of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat government arranges it with an ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Arun • Axis Bank • Gujarat • Hornbill • Hornbill Festival • India • Kohima • Manipal Academy of Higher Education • Naga people • States and union territories of India