UNESCO World Heritage Site Current Affairs, GK & News
Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
The Israeli Armed forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque recently. The fight in the country has been increasing since mid-April. The Hamas in the Gaza Strip attacked Israel for its actions. They were engaged in Air strikes. During the air strikes, Israel used IRON DOMES to defend itself from the missiles launched from Gaza. It was ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: air-strikes • Al-Aqsa Mosque • Gaza Strip • Hamas • Israel-Palestine • Israeli Jews • Jerusalem • Jews • Jordan • UNESCO World Heritage Site
EAC allows Great Nicobar Plan to advance
The Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC) operating under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently recommended for grant of “Terms of Reference for Environmental Impact Assessment” studies. Earlier the committee had raised serious concerns against the project. What is the meaning of Terms of Reference for Environmental Impact Assessment? It is a document produced ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Andaman and Nicobar • CITES • ecologically sensitive areas • Environment Appraisal Committee • Environmental impact assessment • Galathea • Great Nicobar Plan • IUCN • leather back turtle' • NITI Aayog • shompen tribe • Tsunami • UNESCO World Heritage Site • Wildlife Protection Act (WPA) 1972
Where is Plain of Jars located?
The archaeologists recently found that the jars in the “Plain of Jars” were used as burial sites. They have also found that though the jars could be 3,000 years old, the human remains suggest that people were buried along side these jars 700 years ago, which is relatively recent. About the recent Discoveries According the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Sites • Laos • Plain of Jars • sandstone • UNESCO World Heritage Site
ZSI: Sunderbans is home to 428 species of birds
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recently published the “Birds of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve” in which ZSI highlighted that the Indian Sunderbans is home to 428 species of birds. About Indian Sunderbans It is a mangrove area in the Delta formed by the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna in the Bay of Bengal. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Protected Areas in Sundarbans • Ramsar site • Sundarbans National Park • Sunderbans • UNESCO World Heritage Site • Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
Vistadome Coach
The Minister of Railways Shri Piyush Goyal recently announced that Indian Railways has successfully completed the trial run of new Vistadome tourist coaches. These coaches were manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. About Vistadome Tourist Coaches Currently there are 13 Vistadome coaches operating in in India. They are operating in in Araku Valley, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Indian Railway • Kalka-Shimla • Mountain railways of India • Nilgiri • UNESCO World Heritage Site • Vistadome coach