Lakshadweep

Marine Heatwaves Trigger Widespread Coral Bleaching in Lakshadweep Sea

Researchers at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) reported widespread bleaching of coral reefs in the Lakshadweep...

📅 May 7, 2024

 HDFC Bank opens branch in Lakshadweep’s Kavaratti Island

HDFC Bank has become the first private sector bank to establish a branch in Kavaratti Island, part of...

📅 April 11, 2024

Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands Submarine Optical Fibre Connection

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated a submarine fiber optic connectivity project for the Lakshadweep islands along with...

📅 January 4, 2024

Rough-toothed Dolphins

Rough-toothed dolphins are dolphin species that are generally founded in the tropical and deep warm waters around the...

📅 March 28, 2022

GST Revenues in February

The February 2022 collection of GST (Goods and Services Tax) stood at Rs. 1,33,026 crores which is 18...

📅 March 2, 2022

Environment Minister inaugurates Atal Paryavaran Bhavan

The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, inaugurated the Atal Paryavaran Bhavan at Lakshadweep...

📅 February 20, 2021

Lakshadweep declared 100% Organic

Context in Current Affairs: The Union Territory of Lakshadweep has been declared as Organic Agricultural Area by the...

📅 December 9, 2020

India to launch “Lighthouse Tourism”

On July 7, 2020, the Union Minister of State for Shipping shri Mansukh Mandaviya held a high-level meeting...

📅 July 7, 2020

Cabinet approves amendment to give occupancy rights to Lakshadweep’s ST population

The Union cabinet recently approved the amendment of the ‘Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands Land Revenue and Tenancy...

📅 February 28, 2020

GRSE set to deliver INS Kavaratti to Indian Navy 

Kolkata-based India’s state-owned leading shipyard enterprise, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) is to deliver the anti-submarine...

📅 January 28, 2020