Name Peak in Spain In a gesture of gratitude for saving his life, a Spanish mountaineer has now started the process of naming an unnamed peak in Spain after former district magistrate of Uttarkashi, Ashish Chauhan. In December 2018, a Spanish mountaineer named Juan Antonio Padilla had got stranded along with his group due to …
Glue traps for birds France is to outlaw trapping birds using sticks covered in glue after the European commission threatened legal action and fines. Using glue sticks to catch birds has been outlawed in Europe since the 1979 Bird Directive, except in specific circumstances where the practice is “controlled, selective and in limited quantities”. Since …
Que- For approximately four decades, territorial disputes and ethnic conflict between which two countries in Central Asia have impacted the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the South Caucasus. a) Turkey and Armenia b) Turkey and Iran c) Azerbaijan and Iran d) Armenia and Azerbaijan Ans- (d) Recently tensions escalated at the border between the two countries and …
Botswana reports mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants Hundreds of elephants have died mysteriously in Botswana’s famed Okavango Delta. Ruled out poaching as the tusks were found intact. The landlocked country has the world’s largest elephant population, estimated at 130,000. The Delta alone is home to an estimated 15,000 elephants. In a report prepared for …
World’s first yoga University As part of the 6th International Yoga Day commemorations, the world’s first yoga university outside India has been launched in Los Angeles, Offering programmes that combine scientific principles and modern research approaches to the ancient Indian practice of yoga. The Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU) was jointly launched Yesterday by Minister of …
Que- Recently INS Kesari entered Port Antsiranana, carried a consignment of COVID related essential medicines for the people of which country a) Mauritius b) Seychelles c) Madagascar d) Maldives Ans- (c) Part of ‘Mission Sagar’ builds on the excellent relations existing between the two countries to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant difficulties. The …