Commercial Jute Seed Distribution Scheme: The Union Textile Minister, Smriti Irani, has launched the commercial Jute seed distribution scheme on February 15, 2021. The Commercial Jute Seed Distribution Scheme was launched in the backdrop of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Jute Corporation of India and the National Seeds Corporation. The MoU was […]
Month: February 2021
Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities : The Burden on Indian Society Report
Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society”: The World Bank recently published its report titled “Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society”. This report was released by Union transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, on February 13, 2021. The report mentions the disproportionate impact of a road crash on poor households. […]
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2021 11th Edition : Highlights
11th Edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’: The Governor of West Bengal, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, inaugurated the 11th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ on February 14, 2021. The event was inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel. It was inaugurated at Cooch Behar Palace in West […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 13th February 2021
Today Current Affairs: 13th February 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
World Radio Day 2021 : Theme
World Radio Day: The World Radio Day (WRD) is being celebrated across the world on February 13, 2021. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of world radio day and more than 110 years of radio. The day will be observed under the theme, “New World, New Radio”. The theme highlights the services […]
Women Excellence Award 2021 : Awardees
Women Excellence Award 2021: The SERB Women Excellence Award was announced on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021. Four young women fellows from the National Science Academies have been awarded for excelling in science and engineering. The SERB Women Excellence Award will provide them a grant of Rs. 15 […]
National e-Governance Plan In Agriculture : Keypoints
National e-Governance Plan In Agriculture: The National e-governance plan in agriculture (NeGPA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The scheme was initially launched in the year 2010-11 in 7 States. Recently, this scheme was extended up to March 31, 2021. The NeGPA guidelines were amended in 2020-2021 in order to infuse modern information technologies in the farm […]
What is Vigyan Jyoti Programme? Second Phase
Vigyan Jyoti Programme: The second phase of the Vigyan Jyoti program was started on February 11, 2021. It was started on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The Vigyan Jyoti Programme will spread the programme to encourage the girls to take interest in science. It would also encourage them to […]
Parliamentary Panel Report On 5G In India : Key Findings
Parliamentary Panel Report On 5G In India: Key findings by the panel: Despite the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) having submitted a report on the steps to make India 5G ready as early as August 2018, there was very little progress on the ground. Challenges: Lack of various approvals around spectrum such as uncertainty around […]
Tholpavakkoothu : Will Tell Stories Of The Epic Ramayana
Tholpavakkoothu: For the first time, Tholpavakkoothu, the famous shadow leather puppets will tell stories of the epic Ramayana with the help of robots. Tholpavakoothu is a form of shadow puppetry that is practiced in Kerala, India. It is performed using leather puppets as a ritual dedicated to Bhadrakali and is performed in Devi temples in […]
