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New population of blue whales discovered in the western Indian Ocean

Scientists have found evidence of a previously undiscovered population of blue whales living in the western Indian Ocean

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India’s leopard population shows an increase

Correspondent TCP December 23, 2020 big cats how did Indian's leopards population increase Increase in leopards Leopards Status of Leopard in India 2018

The ‘Status of Leopard in India 2018’ report indicates an increase in the count of leopards, from 7,910 in 2014, to 12,852 in 2018.

Google Doodle celebrates Great Conjunction and Winter Solstice in collaboration with NASA Image Credits: Google & NASA

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Jupiter and Saturn form the ‘Great Conjunction’ on Winter Solstice.

Correspondent TCP December 22, 2020 Great Conjunction Jupiter Northern Hemisphere What is Great Conjunction When is Winter Solstice Why was a single bright star in the sky Winter Solstice

On Winter Solstice, Jupiter and Saturn overlapped each other to form a double planet- ‘Great Conjunction’ and were separated by 0.1 degree.

Rajnath Singh inaugurates HWT Image credits- DRDO

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DRDO unveils Advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Test Facility

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated DRDO’s Hypersonic Wind Tunnel test facility at Hyderabad.

Fly infected with the fungi in the abdomen Image credits: University of Copenhagen

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Two new species of fungi eat flies and change them to ‘Zombies’

Correspondent TCP December 21, 2020 active host transmission AHT fungi attacking flies new final species S.acerosa what does a zombie do what is an example of active host transmission what is fungus zombie

Danish scientists discovered two new species of fungi that eat two species of flies and use them to spread their spores.

Satellite image of A68a iceberg with its split Image credits: European Space Agency

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The world’s largest iceberg splits into two

Correspondent TCP December 21, 2020 A-68d European space agency South Georgia island what happened to A-68a what happened to the world's largest iceberg World's largest iceberg

The world’s largest iceberg named A-68a due to strong currents has started moving and colliding with South Georgia Island. It is fractured now and broken into two.

An image of Norway–Highest HDI 2020 (Image for representation).

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UNDP releases Human Development Index 2020

Correspondent TCP December 20, 2020 does India have good quality of life germany HDI Human development index 2020 Norway Quality of life rankings UNDP United Nations which country is the best to live in

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) declared the Human Development Index 2020 (HDI). Norway ranked first. India ranked 131.

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A Parcel comes from Moon

Correspondent TCP December 20, 2020 Beijing laboratory capsule from moon Chang'e 5 china China chang'e 5 mission Chinese Academy of Sciences moon mission NAO rocks on moon success of Chang'e 5 what is Chang'e 5

China’s spacecraft Chang’e 5 brought back a capsule from moon loaded with lunar dirt and gravel, weighing 1731 gms.

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Scientists Find The Longest Galactic Filament

Correspondent TCP December 19, 2020 Big Bang theory recent discoveries scientists new discoveries 2020 What happened during Big Bang What is Galactic filament

scientists from the University of Bonn in Germany have discovered a galactic filament that measures about fifty million light-years long.

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Happenings From India

Correspondent TCP December 19, 2020 defence minister of India 2020 earth from the space enhancing domestic industries Make in India Make in India permissions NASA Nasa news nasa released photos new discovery by nasa

NASA released an image of the snow-covered Himalayas. Make in India got permission to procure equipment worth Rs. 27,000 crores.