Inland Vessels Bill, 2021: The Union Cabinet has given the nod to the Inland Vessels Bill, 2021, which will replace the Inland Vessels Act, 1917. The Bill will regulate the safety, security, and registration of inland vessels. Key features of the Bill: It provides for a unified law for the entire country, instead of separate […]
Month: June 2021
WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme
WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme: A virtual high-level event on ‘Global Drive to Scale-up TB Prevention’ was recently organized by WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme. The purpose of this special high-level event was to discuss key actions needed at the global and country-level to scale up TB prevention strategies and drive progress towards achieving the 2022 UN […]
Sankalp Se Siddhi – Mission Van Dhan
Sankalp Se Siddhi – Mission Van Dhan: Minister for Tribal Affairs launches the tribal livelihoods initiative “Sankalp Se Siddhi – Mission Van Dhan” TRIFED now plans to expand its operations through the convergence of various schemes of different Ministries and Departments and launch the various tribal development programs in Mission Mode under “Sankalp Se Siddhi […]
‘Umang’, ‘Rain Alarm’ And ‘Damini’.
‘Umang’, ‘Rain Alarm’ And ‘Damini’.: Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah called for giving maximum publicity to various mobile apps related to weather forecasting like ‘Umang’, ‘Rain Alarm’ and ‘Damini’. The Damini app monitors the lightning occurrence all over India and alerts the user of lightning near them by a GPS notification under 20km and […]
Deep Ocean Mission Approved by Cabinet
Deep Ocean Mission: The Union Cabinet has approved the long-pending Deep Ocean Mission. The mission proposes to explore the deep ocean similar to the space exploration started by ISRO about 35 years ago. The focus of the mission will be on deep-sea mining, ocean climate change advisory services, underwater vehicles and underwater robotics-related technologies. The […]
8th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) Plus
8th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) Plus Was Held Recently: It is being hosted by Brunei as it is the chair of the ASEAN grouping this year. Consistent with the ADMM guiding principles of open and outward-looking, the 2nd ADMM in Singapore in 2007 adopted the Concept Paper to establish the ADMM-Plus. The ADMM-Plus is […]
World Sea Turtle Day 2021
World Sea Turtle Day: World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated on 16 June, every year to educate people on the need to conserve the world’s Sea turtles and their habitats. Turtles are the world’s oldest reptile groups in existence, across the world found even before lizards and snakes. The first few years of a marine […]
Jalgaon Banana GI Tag
Jalgaon Banana: A consignment of fiber and mineral-rich GI CERTIFIED Jalgaon banana has been exported to Dubai from Tandalwadi village, Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. In 2016, Jalgaon Banana got GI certification which was registered with Nisargraja Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in Jalgaon. India is the world’s leading producer of bananas with a share of around […]
Dedicated Freight Corridor Trials Conducted
Dedicated Freight Corridor: The Indian Army has successfully conducted trial runs of military trains loaded with vehicles and equipment on the dedicated freight corridor. It ferried heavy equipment from New Rewari station in Haryana to New Phulera in Rajasthan. Dedicated Freight Corridor Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India is constructing the Western DFC (1506 Route […]
Who Was Fakir Mohan Senapati?
Who Was Fakir Mohan Senapati ?: Remembering Fakir Mohan Senapati on his 103rd death anniversary. He passed away on June 14, 1918. Fakir Mohan Senapati (13 January 1843 – 14 June 1918) was an Indian writer, poet, philosopher and social reformer. He is often referred to as Utkala Byasa Kabi (Odisha’s Vyasa). He is regarded […]
