General Knowledge – UPSC, KAS & PSC Insights

29 Dec 2025

Kolleru Lake

Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India, located in Andhra Pradesh, noted for its biodiversity, migratory birds, and flood-balanc...

22 Dec 2025

White Spot Disease (WSD)

White Spot Disease is a highly contagious viral disease affecting crustaceans, especially shrimps/prawns, leading to mass mortality in aquaculture. C...

18 Dec 2025

Channa bhoi

 A newly discovered species of snakehead fish found in India. Discovered in a small mountain stream near Iewmawlong village in the Ri-Bhoi distr...

18 Dec 2025

Hanukkah (Chanukah) Festival

Hanukkah (Chanukah) Festival  Hanukkah, also called Chanukah, is an eight-day Jewish festival known as the Festival of Lights, commemorating the...

16 Dec 2025

Artemisinin

Artemisinin is a plant-derived antimalarial drug obtained from sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua), widely used in combination therapies for the treatmen...

16 Dec 2025

Ponduru Khadi

Ponduru Khadi is a traditional handspun and handwoven cotton fabric from Ponduru village, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. Recently granted the G...

16 Dec 2025

Boreendo (Bhorindo)

 Boreendo is an ancient traditional wind musical instrument from Pakistan’s Sindh region, dating back to the Indus Valley Civilisation, and...

13 Dec 2025

Deodar Tree (Cedrus deodara)

Deodar, meaning “wood of the gods” (from Sanskrit Devadāru), is a majestic evergreen conifer native to the Western Himalayas and revered f...

13 Dec 2025

Blue Corner Notice

A Blue Corner Notice is an Interpol “Enquiry Notice” used to collect additional information about a person’s identity, location, or...

11 Dec 2025

Cosmic Filament

A cosmic filament is a long, thread-like structure made of galaxies, gas, and dark matter that forms part of the Universe’s cosmic web. Latest...

05 Dec 2025

Caller Name Presentation (CNAP)

Caller Name Presentation (CNAP) is a telecom feature that displays the KYC-verified name of the caller on the recipient’s phone by retrieving de...

05 Dec 2025

Alaknanda Galaxy

Recently, researchers at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA–TIFR), Pune, have discovere...

03 Dec 2025

Guinea-Bissau

Recently, Guinea-Bissau faced a military coup, with Nigeria sheltering opposition candidate Fernando Dias and ECOWAS leaders urging soldiers to step d...

02 Dec 2025

Lake Biwa

Researchers recently unearthed a remarkably well-preserved ancient relic, a nearly intact pottery vessel in Japan, dating back over 10,000 years near...

01 Dec 2025

Finn’s Weaver (Finn’s Baya)

Why in news? Finn’s Weaver, a rare weaver bird species of the Indian subcontinent, is in the news because its population is rapidly declining...

28 Nov 2025

Ningaloo Reef

Ningaloo Reef Location: Remote northwest coast of Western Australia, ~1,200 km north of Perth, along the East Indian Ocean. UNESCO Site: Part of...