Topic: 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 Sea due to marine heatwaves. Extensive surveys across Lakshadweep islands...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 the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The bank aims to improve...
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 over Rs 1,150 crore worth of development initiatives spanning sectors...
Rough-toothed Dolphins
Rough-toothed dolphins are dolphin species that are generally founded in the tropical and deep warm waters around the globe. In 1823, Georges Cuvier first described this species. Overview:...
GST Revenues in February
The February 2022 collection of GST (Goods and Services Tax) stood at Rs. 1,33,026 crores which is 18 per cent higher than February 2021. This year’s collection was...
Environment Minister inaugurates Atal Paryavaran Bhavan
The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, inaugurated the Atal Paryavaran Bhavan at Lakshadweep on February 19, 2021. Highlights While inaugurating the Atal Paryavaran...
Lakshadweep declared 100% Organic
Context in Current Affairs: The Union Territory of Lakshadweep has been declared as Organic Agricultural Area by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare. The UT is second...
India to launch “Lighthouse Tourism”
On July 7, 2020, the Union Minister of State for Shipping shri Mansukh Mandaviya held a high-level meeting to develop 194 lighthouses into major tourist attractions. This will...
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 Regulation, 1965’. The amendment was made to confer occupancy rights...
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 stealth warship, INS Kavaratti to the Indian Navy soon, as...
Home Minister Chairs the sixth meeting of the Island Development Agency (IDA)
For reviewing the progress made towards the program ‘Holistic Development of Islands’, the Island Development Agency on Monday, 13th January 2020 conducted its sixth meeting under the chairmanship of...
