Mexico
Gateway to the Underworld
In a significant event for cultural heritage, the ancient Olmec artifact known as the “Gateway to the Underworld” was successfully repatriated to Mexico. The repatriation operation was supervised by Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, marking a momentous occasion for the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
New US-Mexico Immigration Policies
The US and Mexico have agreed on a five-point plan to deter illegal border crossings while also opening up other pathways for migrants. Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall met with Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and other top officials, ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
What is Alux?
Recently, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador controversially claimed that a photo showed an Alux. Alux is a small, mischievous mythological creature that finds mention in Mayan mythology. It is believed to live in forests and fields and play tricks ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Mexico Imposes One of the World’s Strictest Anti-Smoking Laws
Mexico has recently imposed one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws, setting in force a total ban on smoking in public places, including hotels, beaches, and parks. The new law, which is part of the country’s General Law for Tobacco ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Mexico Supreme Court Decriminalises Abortion
Supreme Court of Mexico has decriminalised abortion and has ruled that criminal penalties on terminating pregnancies are unconstitutional, in the state of Coahuila. Highlights This ruling was meant for northern state of Coahuila. It now prevents women from being prosecuted ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Sunflower sea star breeding to increase kelp forest
The scientists in the United States are breeding the Sunflower sea stars off coast of Washington State. Background Between 2013 and 2017, warming of oceans killed 5.75 billion sunflower sea stars. Around 91% of the world sunflower sea stars are ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Talkative Dinosaur found in Mexico
The Palaeontologists recently identified a new species of dinosaur called the Talkative Dinosaur. It was identified in the northern Mexico. The research is being conducted by the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico. About the fossil The fossil ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Dracopristis hoffmanorum: Godzilla shark discovered in New Mexico
In 2013, Jonh Paul Hodnett, a graduate student unearthed fossil of a shark at Albuquerque, New Mexico. It turns out that, it is a fossil of a new shark species so far not known to man. After seven years of ..