Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary: The Supreme Court-mandated Ridge Management Board has decided to constitute an expert committee to look into the proposal of dumping inert (non-reactive) waste in the mines of Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary (Delhi). Inert waste is waste that is neither biologically nor chemically reactive and is waste that will not decompose or […]
Month: March 2021
What is Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) Technology?
Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted the test of the Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology, which is crucial for the indigenous development of long range air-to-air missiles. Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) Technology: SFDR technology is a missile propulsion system based on the concept […]
UNDP Report on Gender Equality : Temporary Basic Income
Protecting Women’s Livelihoods in Times of Pandemic: Temporary Basic Income and the Road to Gender Equality”: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its latest report named “Protecting Women’s Livelihoods in Times of Pandemic: Temporary Basic Income and the Road to Gender Equality” has proposed a Temporary Basic Income (TBI) for poor women in developing […]
FSI Latest Report On Forest Fires 2021
Report On Forest Fires: The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has released a report on forest fires in the country. Key findings: At least 5,291 forest fires were recorded in Odisha between February 22 and March 1, 2021 — the highest in the country for the same period. Collection of mahua flowers and kendu leaves, […]
What is Haryana’s Quota Law?
Haryana’s Quota Law: The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 requires private companies to set aside for domiciles 75% of jobs up to a monthly salary of Rs 50,000 or as may be notified by the government from time to time. The law is applicable to all the companies, societies, trusts, limited liability […]
Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited
Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited: Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL) has entered into a tie-up with the Government e-Market (GeM) portal for selling its products online. The deal between IMPCL and GeM was finalized on 03.03.2021 when GeM created 31 categories covering 311 medicines, which are life in the marketplace and IMPCL can now […]
El Salvador Declared Malaria-Free
El Salvador American country Declared Malaria-Free: El Salvador has become the first country in Central America and the third in all Americas to get the malaria-free certificate from the World Health Organization (WHO) in recent years. A malaria elimination certificate is awarded to a country when the chain of indigenous transmission of the disease has […]
OPEC and OPEC Plus Difference
The Opec: OPEC+ has agreed not to increase supply in April as they await a more substantial recovery in demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Crude prices rose after the announcement and are up 33% this year. India is the world’s third-biggest oil importer. India imports about 84% of its oil and relies on West Asian […]
India and Sweden Virtual Summit 2021
India – Sweden Virtual Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Sweden H.E. Stefan Löfven held a Virtual Summit where they discussed bilateral issues and other regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest. Prime Minister Modi recalled his 2018 visit to Sweden for the first India-Nordic Summit and the India visit of Their […]
India And Nigeria : First Strategic And Counter-Terrorism Dialogue
First Strategic And Counter-Terrorism Dialogue Between India And Nigeria: The National Security Adviser (NSA) of Nigeria visited New Delhi for the First Strategic and Counter-Terrorism Dialogue between India and Nigeria at the level of NSA. Within the framework of the close and strategic partnership between India and Nigeria, the National Security Advisors held in-depth discussions […]
