Earliest Buddhist settlements in Lalitgiri, Cuttack district, Odisha has been recently converted in to a museum.
it will be the third site museum of the Bhubaneswar circle of the Archaeological Survey of India after Ratnagiri and Konrak.
Excavations at Lalitgiri shows the cultural community from the post-Mauryan period till the 13th century CE.
Lalitgiri along with the Ratnagiri and Udayagiri sites are known as the "Diamond Triangle".
Excavations at the site shows that "Tantric Buddhism" was practiced.
Tantric Buddhism is a tradition that focuses on mystical practices and concepts as a path to enlightenment and is associated with the Vajrayana sects.
Tsunami in Indonesia
Anak Krakatau Volcano in the middle of the Java and Sumatra islands in the Sunda Strait erupted and triggered underwater landslides.
This has led to Volcano triggered Tsunami in the region.
Also called the "Child of Krakatoa", it emerged around 1928 in the caldera of Krakatoa, a volcanic island that violently erupted in 1883.
It has become a small volcanic island with subsequent lava flows at an altitude of 1000 feet above sea level.
The island is part of the Ujung Kulon National Park, listed in UNESCO's World Heritage site.
Since its birth, it has been in a state of semi-continuous eruptive activity.
Indonesia has nearly 130 active volcanoes, forming part of the pacific "Ring of Fire".
Indonesia's proximity to the junction of 3 continental plates, makes it particularly vulnerable to earthquakes and eruptions.
According to the International Tsunami Information Centre, Tsunamis triggered by volcanic eruptions are relatively rare, caused by the sudden displacement of water or "slope failure".
Unlike earthquake triggered Tsunami, which trigger alert systems, Volcano triggered give little time to give warning.
Chennai Andaman Nicobar Island (CANI) Cable System
CANI is a proposed project to provide high speed internet to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in order to augment their communication infrastructure.
It is a 2,200-km-long optical fibre system with a speed of 100 Gigabit per second.
It will connect the Indian mainland from Chennai with the 8 islands of UT.
They are Port Blair, Little Andaman (Hut Ba), Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar (Campbell Bay), Havelock, Long and Rangat.
Under the proposal, the sub-marine cable system will be laid on the sea bed and the total route length will be 2,199.66 km.
It is set to provide a fillip to defence communication infrastructure in the islands and improve communication during natural disasters.
At present, telecom connectivity between the mainland and the islands is through satellites with limited bandwidth capacity.
Climate Vulnerability Report
Climate Vulnerability Assessment for the Indian Himalayan Region Using a Common Framework is a first-of-its-kind report prepared by the Department of Science and Technology.
According to the report, all the 12 Himalayan states in India are extremely vulnerable to global warming.
It is based on 4 indicators such as
The economic and sociological status of the people and their health,
Possible impact on agriculture production,
Forest-dependent livelihoods and
Access to information services and infrastructure
States having low per capita income, low area under irrigation and low area under forests per 1,000 households and high area under open forests received a high vulnerability score.
Assam, Mizoram and Jammu & Kashmir topped the list.
