#environment bees and ommatidia

#science perseids are prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle.

#technology fediverse

#history Francois Bernier arrived India in 1658. worked as a physician to Mughal prince Dara Shikoh, after Dara Shikoh's execution, he was attached to the court of Aurangzeb.

#history The Bakhshali manuscript is perhaps the oldest extant manuscript in Indian Mathematics.

#international Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organisation. Gaza is a Palestinian exclave on the eastern coast of Mediterranean Sea. It borders Egypt and Israel.

#environment Ludwigia peruviana threat to elephant habitats a rapid coloniser and an invasive species.

#environment ants know how much food their hungry colony needs.

#environment sydney seahorse project; seahorse is a fish and not mammal; whereas sea cow and sea lion are. upsc pyq. (2013)

#environment batagaika: Russia

#international [Mineral Security Partnership] graphite, lithium and cobalt are major critical minerals; uses: manufacturing of EV, semiconductors, fighter jets. India has the world’s fifth largest reserves of rare earth elements. Major producers: Indonesia, Congo, China, Australia, and South Africa. 3/4th of worlds cobalt is produced by DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) upsc PYQ (2023).