QR Code-Based Coin Vending Machine: To improve the distribution of coins, the RBI is preparing a pilot project on QCVM in collaboration with a few leading banks QCVM is a cashless coin dispenser that dispenses coins in exchange for a bank account debit via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Unlike traditional cash-based Coin Vending Machines, […]
Month: February 2023
Digital Payments Utsav
Digital Payments Utsav: The Digital Payments Utsav is to be launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The main objective of the event is to create awareness of digital payments. Digital Payments Utsav is to be held in Lucknow, Pune, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru The above cities were chosen because the Digital Economy Working […]
Operation Dost
Operation Dost: India, under ‘Operation Dost’ has sent its sixth plane carrying National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, essentials, and medical equipment for the earthquake-hit Turkey. The 6th flight carries more rescue teams, dog squads, and essential medicines. A field hospital under Operation Dost has been set up by the Indian Army in Hatay province […]
Quad Cyber Challenge
Quad Cyber Challenge: The Quad Nations are launching Quad Cyber Challenge – a public campaign to improve cyber security across the 4 nations. The Internet-users are being invited across the Indo-Pacific and beyond to join the Challenge and pledge to practice safe and responsible cyber habits. India’s National Cyber Security Coordinator with National Security Council […]
Amrit Sarovar Mission : Target Set
Amrit Sarovar Mission : Target Set A target of 50,000 Amrit Sarovars was set to be completed by August 15, 2023. So far, 60% of the target has been achieved with over 30,000 Amrit Sarovars constructed in the span of 9 months. Mission Amrit Sarovar was launched as part of India’s “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” […]
Report On “Making India a Global Power House On Farm Machinery Industry”
Report On “Making India a Global Power House On Farm Machinery Industry”: National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) Report on “Making India a Global Power House on Farm Machinery Industry” released recently. NCAER has analyzed the non-tractor farm machinery industry from both demand and supply side perspectives, bringing out the challenges in the sector, […]
5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress
5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress: The 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) was held in Canada in order to discuss the solutions to address the Funding Gap of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). This meeting is crucial since nations agreed to protect 30% of Earh’s lands and oceans by 2030 at the 15th Conference […]
Vikas Engine : ISRO
Vikas Engine : ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested the throttling of Vikas, its workhorse launch-vehicle engine. VIKAS (an acronym for Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai) engine is a family of liquid-fuelled rocket engines conceptualized and designed by the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of ISRO in the 1970s. The early productions involved imported […]
Quaoar : Dwarf Planet
Quaoar : Dwarf Planet Astronomers have recently spotted a ring around a Pluto-sized dwarf planet called Quaoar in the outer reaches of the solar system. Quaoar is a dwarf planet that’s located in the Kuiper Belt at the solar system’s edge. It is about 697 miles wide (1,121 kilometers). It is roughly one-twelfth the diameter […]
Corbet Tiger Reserve : All Construction activities Banned
Corbet Tiger Reserve : All Construction activities Banned The Supreme Court recently banned all construction activities in the core areas of tiger reserves national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. A Supreme court-appointed panel noticed that illegal constructions for the establishment of a tiger safari were being done within the buffer area of Corbett Tiger Reserve in […]
