Popularly known as the Switzerland of the Middle East, Lebanon has been hit by what is estimated to be, the worst economic crises of the century.
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Month: August 2021
Dragonfly Day on August 18th!
The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF-India) recently performed a dragonfly census in New Delhi and its surrounding areas, in conjunction with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), and celebrated Dragonfly Day on August 18.
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Eugene Diamond League: Jamaica Sets World Record for Second Fastest
Jamaican runner, Elaine Thompson Hera ran the second fastest in the 100m women’s category that the Diamond League has ever seen.
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Zambia Gets a New President
The politics of Zambia takes place in a framework of a political representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Zambia is head of state, head of government and leader of a multi-party system.
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Largest Floating Solar Project in India commissioned by NTPC
The largest floating solar photovoltaic (PV) project till date in India was declared open by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited.
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Sports News: U20 World Athletics Championship
Here is an update of India’s performance on 4th day at the U20 World Athletics Championship 2021.
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First Rain fall at the Summit on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Greenland’s Summit Station experienced the first-ever rain fall event in recorded history since 1950.
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World’s First DNA based COVID Vaccine Got its Approval
ZyCoV-D is the world’s first plasmid (small rings of DNA) DNA vaccine. It uses a section of genetic material (DNA) from the virus.
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New species of cascade frog found in the Adi Hills of India
By Shuchi Giridhar and inputs from Alka Singh Himachal Pradesh, August 20: A new species of the cascade frog has been discovered in the Adi…
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Three species of primitive ungulate ancestors identified
By Hima Sutha August 20: Palaeontologists and researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder identified three new species of primitive ungulate ancestors. An ungulate is…
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