Scotland Current Affairs, GK & News
COP-26 head to visit India
President of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-26) and climate chief of United Kingdom government, Alok Sharma is to visit India in August to meet the leaders of country that has become the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases following US and China. Key Points This visit will happen in the aftermath of India putting ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences
Topics: Climate change • CoP21 • COP26 • Glasgow • net zero emission • Scotland • United Nations Climate Change Conference
Elephant Seal: Recent Study
The scientists of Scotland have conducted a detailed study on the Elephant Seals in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Key Findings of the Study The seals migrate to north eastern pacific ocean post breeding season mainly to feed their young ones. It has been found that the female seals spend more than twenty to twenty four ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Aquatic animals • elephant seal • Marine • Migratory Species • Pacific Ocean • Scotland
Period Dignity
Scotland is said to become the first country to provide free sanitary products for women, thus ending ‘period poverty’ and ensuring ‘period dignity’. Period Poverty: Period poverty refers to condition where certain circumstances make menstruation-a natural process, a ‘difficult experience’ for women. These include health conditions (like endometriosis), homelessness, coercive, controlling and violent relationships etc. ..
Topics: Menstrual Hygiene • Period Poverty • Scotland • women
Aarohi Pandit became World’s 1st woman to cross Atlantic Ocean solo in LSA
India’s Captain Aarohi Pandit became world’s first woman to cross Atlantic Ocean (AO) solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA) named Mahi. Key Highlights Aarohi Pandit is a 23 year old commercial pilot and LSA licence holder from Mumbai, Maharashtra. About: This achievement is part of her ongoing Women Empower (WE) Expedition in the tiny ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Aarohi Pandit • Canada • Commercial Pilot • DGCA • Directorate General of Civil Aviation • Global Circumnavigation Flight • Greenland • Iqaluit Airport • Keithair Misquitta • LCA • Light Sports Aircraft • Mahi • Scotland • Sinus 912 • Social Access • UK • Women Empower Expedition
INS Vishal: India, UK in talks to replicate Naval Supercarrier
According to reports, India is in talks with the United Kingdom (UK) for building a new state-of-the-art aircraft carrier that would be replicate (copycat version) of Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier as part of ongoing ‘Make in India’ negotiations. It will be named ‘INS Vishal’ in 2022 and will become Indian Navy’s largest warship. ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: BAE and Thales • British warship • France • HMS Queen Elizabeth • INS Vikramaditya • INS Vikrant • INS Viraat • INS Vishal • Make in India • Queen Elizabeth • Rosyth dockyard • Scotland