UN Resident Coordinator For China: Siddharth Chatterjee, who rose to become the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator for China, is currently leading the UN and its 26 agencies in China. In 2020, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed senior UN official Siddharth Chatterjee of India as the UN Resident Coordinator in China. A National Defence Academy […]
Month: November 2022
Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
Janjatiya Gaurav Divas: To commemorate the contribution of the tribal freedom fighters, the Ministry of Education is celebrating the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’. The government had declared 15th November as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ dedicated to the memory of brave tribal freedom fighters. 15th November is the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda who is revered as Bhagwan […]
State Of Food And Agriculture Report 2022 : FAO
State Of Food And Agriculture Report 2022 : FAO The recently released FAO’S State of Food and Agriculture report 2022 looked at how agricultural automation in our agri-food systems can contribute to achieving sustainable development goals. Highlights of the report: Agricultural automation plays an important role in making food production more efficient and environmentally friendly. […]
Unified District Information System For Education plus (UDISE+) Report
Unified District Information System For Education plus (UDISE+) Report: The Union Education Ministry released the detailed report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2021-22 on school education of India. Findings of the UDISE Plus 2021-22 Report: A total of 94.95 lakh students entered pre-primary classes in 2021-2022, registering a drop of 10% […]
World’s Longest Passenger Train
World’s Longest Passenger Train: The world’s longest passenger train was operationalized in Switzerland during the 175th anniversary of Swiss Railways. The passenger train is 1.9 km-long, having 100 coaches. It travelled 15.5 miles from the Albula Tunnel in Preda to the Landwasser Viaduct, at the outskirts of Filisur. The journey ended at Bergün. It travelled […]
Seema Darshan Project
Seema Darshan Project: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the citizens to visit Nadabet and other border areas as part of Seema darshan to further tourism. It was initiated with the aim to provide an opportunity to the people so that they can visualize the life and work of the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel […]
New Species Of Endemic Honeybee
New Species Of Endemic Honeybee: A new species of endemic honeybee has been discovered in the Western Ghats. The finding has been published in the September issue of Entomon, a peer-reviewed journal brought out by the Association for Advancement of Entomology. The new species has been named Apis karinjodian and given the common name Indian […]
Falcon Heavy Rocket
Falcon Heavy Rocket: On November 1, Elon Musk-owned SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket into a geosynchronous Earth orbit from the Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S. This is considered as a National Security Space Launch for the U.S. military. This is the fourth launch of the giant rocket system, […]
Snow Leopard Population Assessment Of India (SPAI)
Snow Leopard Population Assessment Of India (SPAI): The first-ever recording of the snow leopard from the Baltal-Zojila region has renewed the hope for the elusive predator in the higher altitudes of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Snow leopard surveys have often focused in neighbouring areas of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The survey was expanded […]
Malaria Vaccine For Children
Malaria Vaccine For Children: In October 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) for the first time recommended the large-scale use of a malaria vaccine for children living in areas with moderate-to-high malaria transmission. The RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix) was developed by GlaxoSmithKline. Malaria kills nearly 600,000 people every year, the majority of whom are children under the […]
