Enterprise India National Coir Conclave 2022 : Tamil Nadu The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises inaugurated the ‘Enterprise India National Coir Conclave 2022’ at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The event is being organized with the idea of bringing about a co-ordinated effort between the State and Central Governments to promote production of coir […]
Month: May 2022
What Is West Bank?
What Is West Bank? The Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a petition against the eviction of more than 1,000 Palestinian inhabitants of a rural part of the occupied West Bank in an area which Israel has designated for military exercises. Recently, tensions flared up again at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque between the Palestinians and Israeli police. […]
Neobank : 100th Unicorn In The Country
Neobank : 100th Unicorn In The Country India’s wave of unicorns reaches an all-time high with Neobank Open becoming the 100th unicorn in the country. Neobank startup, OPEN becomes the 100th unicorn in India with the latest funding of 50 million dollars from IIFL along with existing investors. The Indian Startup Ecosystem, the third-largest in […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 7th May 2022
Today Current Affairs: 7th May 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5)
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya released the National Report of the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). Key results from NFHS-5 National Report: The Total Fertility Rates (TFR), an average number of children per women, has further declined from 2.2 to 2.0 at […]
World Food Prize
World Food Prize: Cynthia Rosenzweig, a Nasa climate research scientist who has spent much of her career explaining how global food production must adapt to a changing climate was awarded the World Food prize. Cynthia Rosenzweig, an agronomist and climatologist, was awarded the $250,000 prize in recognition of her innovative modeling of the impact of […]
Haflong Hindi
Haflong Hindi: Some linguists feel pushing the standardised Hindi as a compulsory subject in school could affect Haflong Hindi speaking communities in the state. Haflong Hindi is the bridge language of Dima Hasao district of Assam. It stemmed from Hindi and includes vocabulary from several other languages, such as Assamese, Bengali, Dimasa and Zeme Naga. […]
FSSAI’s Star Rating
FSSAI’s Star Rating: The “health star rating” system that the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) plans to adopt in order to help consumers reduce their intake of unhealthy foods has been opposed by close to a dozen consumer and health advocacy groups. In February 2022, the FSSAI decided to adopt the “health-star rating […]
PMKGAY : Allocation Of Rice And Wheat From May To September 2022
PMKGAY : Allocation Of Rice And Wheat From May To September 2022 The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution revised the PMKGAY (Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana) allocation of rice and wheat for all the 36 states/UTs for the remaining five months — from May to September 2022. PMGKAY is a part […]
Grey Slender Loris : Important Points
Grey Slender Loris: Scientists from the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) in Coimbatore carried out a survey of Grey slender loris populations in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul forest division. Grey Slender Loris: The Grey slender loris belongs to the family Loridae. It is a species of primate. It has got a lean […]
