MoEFCC -World Elephant Day: It is observed on 12 August annually to make people understand to preserve and protect the giant animal elephant. This is the way to bring the world together to help elephants. Therefore, it is necessary to raise awareness about the urgency to protect such an intelligent and huge animal from …
Introduction: The Centre launched the auction of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining, with the Prime Minister formally giving the green signal and expressed optimism that it will help in reducing dependency on imports. The move is aimed at reviving the auction process, which has remained in limbo with only 31 coal blocks having …
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Introduction: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the girls of the country that the government will decide the right age for marriage as soon as a concerned committee gives its report. In June this year, the Centre had formed a 10-member task force under Jaya Jaitley, to recommend whether the legal age of marriage for …
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NCL – DME fired “Aditi Urja Sanch” unit launched: The Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the DME fired “Aditi Urja Sanch” unit along with the DME-LPG blended fuel cylinders and handed them over for common public and CSIR-NCL (National Chemical Laboratory) canteen use on a …
Introduction: The Coronavirus pandemic has focused world attention on one of the basic needs of living beings that is Food. As the Coronavirus crisis unfolded, it brought in its wake huge disruptions in food supply chains. As food providers stayed indoors, food production suffered. As people’s incomes fell they couldn’t buy food to feed …
Increasing Air Pollution: It is clear that the problem of air pollution has increased very seriously and over the years its intensity and seriousness has grown. In many places there is no proper air quality measurement mechanism. The main constituent of the pollutants are the particulate matter which breaches the standard prescribed by Central …
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Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan 2020-21: VVM is an initiative of Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA), in collaboration with Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organization under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an institution under the Ministry of Education (earlier known as Ministry of Human Resources and …
Introduction: The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has released its fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook report which says that none of the 20 agreed conservation targets of the past 10 years could be fully met by the world . Experts believe that all nations will now have to implement the ambitious new target of protecting …
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Introduction: Mahatma Gandhi once said – Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. Human beings have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s wilderness in the last 25 years and there may be none left within a century if trends continue. According to a study published in the journal Current …
CSIR-IHBT introduces Asafoetida cultivation in India: Due to efforts of CSIR constituent laboratory, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur, a historical shift in farming practices is in the offing with farmers of the remote Lahaul valley in Himachal Pradesh taking up cultivation of asafoetida (Heeng) to utilize vast expanses of waste land in …
In what appears to be a relief for the states, the Centre has said it will borrow up to Rs 1.1 trillion, which is the estimated revenue shortfall on account of implementing goods and services tax. The centre will then lend the money to the states under a special window. The extra fund raising …
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Introduction: Parliament has passed 3 labour code bills aimed at labour welfare reforms covering more than 50 crores organized and unorganized workers in the country. This also includes gig, platform and also opens up the doors for social security to those in the self-employment sector. These three Bills are (i) Industrial Relations Code, 2020 …
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MoUs for establishment of supercomputing infrastructure in India: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeITY) signed a total of 13 MoUs with the premier academic and R& D institutions of India for establishing Supercomputing Infrastructure with Assembly and Manufacturing in India and Critical Components of National Supercomputing …
Introduction: With an aim of eliminating human entry into septic tanks and drains for cleaning, the ministry of housing and urban affairs launched a ‘technology challenge’ seeking suitable solutions from individuals and NGOs. According to the ministry, the initiative is in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who recently expressed a desire …
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2020 Nobel Prize in physics: Ithas been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for furthering the understanding of black holes. Penrose: Discovered “that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. Genzel and Ghez:Discovered a “supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.” This is now …
Introduction: The government has been quick to adopt a multipronged strategy, including issuance of clear guidelines to ministries for coordinated action, imposition of travel restrictions, suspension of visas, large-scale screening and contact tracing as well as regular dissemination of information to the public. Mounting a swift response involving all stakeholders in a country of …
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VAIBHAV Summit: The VAIBHAV Summit is a global virtual summit of overseas and resident Indian Researchers and Academicians, and is being organized from 2nd October to 31st October 2020. The aim of the summit is to bring Indian origin luminaries in academic institutes and R&D organizations across the world and resident counterparts on a …
Introduction: India has added another feather to its cap by joining the top 10 countries in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index or CCPI for the first time. As Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar put it, India is walking the talk by cutting down emission intensity by 21 per cent of its GDP. Moreover it …
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Indian satellite AstroSat discovers one of the earliest galaxies of Universe: As a landmark achievement in Space missions, Indian Astronomers have discovered one of the farthest Star galaxies in the universe. AstroSat is India’s first multi-wavelength space telescope, which has five telescopes seeing through different wavelengths simultaneously — visible, near UV, far UV, soft …
Introduction: In an attempt to be dropped from the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list, Pakistan has banned 88 new terrorists, in compliance with the new list issued by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The banned terrorists include Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim. Paris-based FATF put Pakistan on the grey list …
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