Minicoy Current Affairs, GK & News
Maldives style water villas to be set up in Lakshadweep
Maldives style water villas will soon be set up in Lakshadweep in a bid to attract tourists to scenic beauty in the Union Territory. Highlights Administrator of Lakshadweep, Praful Khoda Patel highlighted that, water villas will be set up at the cost of ₹800 crore. This project is first of its kind in India. Under ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: administrator of Lakshadweep • Kadmat Island • Lakshadweep Islands • Minicoy • Suheli • Water Villas in Lakshadweep
India-Maldives: MoU on cooperation in sports and youth affairs approved
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has given its approval on March 16, 2021 on the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in sports & youth affairs between India and Maldives. Background The MoU on cooperation in sports and youth affairs was signed in November 2020. It was signed between Ministry of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Bilateral Relations of India • India Maldives Relation • India-Maldives • Maldives • Minicoy
The team of scientists at CSIR carry out first-ever genetic studies on people of Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep is an archipelago of 36 islands and scattered over approximately 78,000 square km of the Arabian Sea with population of approximately 65,000. Recently, the team of scientists at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) carried out first-ever genetic studies on the people of Lakshadweep Islands. The team was was led by Dr. K ..
Topics: Agatti Island • Bitra • Cherbaniani Reef • Chetlat Island • Geography of India • Islands • Kadmat Island • Kalpeni • Kiltan • Lakshadweep • Minicoy • States and union territories of India
Scientists carry out first ever Genetic Study on Lakshadweep Island’s Natives
For the very first time scientists carried out genetic study on people of Lakshadweep Islands. It was conducted by a team of researchers at CSIR’s (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). The authors studied major islands of Kadmat, Andorth, Chetlat, Agatti, Kalpeni, Bitra, Kiltan and Minicoy of Lakshadweep. ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Agatti • Amindivi • Andorth • Bitra • CCMB • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology • Chetlat • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research • CSIR • Eight Degree Channel • Genetic Study • India • Island • Kadmat • Kalpeni • Kiltan • Laccadive • Lakshadweep • Maldives • Minicoy • Nine Degree Channel • Sri lanka • States and union territories of India
Island Development Agency (IDA)
Island Development agency (IDA) was constituted in 2017 for the holistic development of islands. It will undertake holistic development in the project islands after giving due consideration to unique maritime and territorial bio-diversity of the islands. IDA is chaired by Union Home minister and members includes, cabinet secretary, home secretary, secretary (environment, forests and climate ..
Topics: Andaman and Nicobar Islands • Bangaram Atoll • Islands • Kalpeni • Lakshadweep • Landforms • Little Andaman • Minicoy • States and union territories of India • Suheli • Union Territories of India