Stockholm Water Prize 2022: The Stockholm Water Prize 2022 has been awarded by The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to Professor Wilfried Brutsaert for his innovative work in evaluating environmental evaporation. This prize is widely considered to be the Nobel Prize for Water. Professor Brutsaert was awarded this prize as he has developed methods for […]
UNESCO’s City Of Literature
UNESCO’s City Of Literature: Kozhikode was proposed by the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) to be branded as a ‘City of Literature’ with the help of UNESCO. It is among the six places that the KILA plans to develop as ‘Creative Cities’. Thiruvananthapuram is vying for the title ‘City of Peace’, Kollam ‘City of […]
Committee To Prevent Elephant Deaths On Railway Tracks
Committee To Prevent Elephant Deaths On Railway Tracks: The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a “permanent” coordination committee that includes the Ministry of Railways and the Environment Ministry to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks. 19 elephants were killed across the country on railway tracks in 2018-19, 14 in 2019-20 and 12 in 2020-21. Railway […]
Yamunotsav : NMCG
Yamunotsav : NMCG The Yamunotsav was organized by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. This program was organized in collaboration with a group of NGOs. This event was organized at ASITA East River Front, ITO Bridge, New Delhi. This event was organized to celebrate River […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 29th March 2022
Today Current Affairs: 29th March 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
PV Sindhu : Winner Of Swiss Open 2022
PV Sindhu : Winner Of Swiss Open 2022 P V Sindhu won the Swiss Open 2022 defeating Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in the finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament held in Basel, Switzerland. This is her second title this season as she had earlier in January won the Syed Modi India International. […]
Prasthan Offshore Security Exercise
Prasthan Offshore Security Exercise: Prasthan’ is an offshore security exercise that was conducted in Mumbai’s Offshore Development Area (ODA) on 23rd March 2022. This exercise was conducted under the aegis of the Western Naval Command’s Headquarters. This exercise is conducted every six months. This exercise was led by the Indian Navy. The participants of this […]
ODF Plus Villages
ODF Plus Villages: India has crossed a milestone of 50 thousand open defecation-free (ODF) Plus villages. ODF plus village is defined as “a village which sustains its Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, ensures solid and liquid waste management and is visually clean.” Among the top performing States are Telangana with 13 thousand 960 ODF Plus […]
What is Space Economy?
Space Economy: A collaboration between two premier research and educational institutions in Thiruvananthapuram has shed light on India’s “space economy”. According to researchers from the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) and the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), the size of India’s space economy, is estimated at a figure of ₹36,794 crore (approximately […]
35th Surajkund International Mela
35th Surajkund International Mela: The 35th Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2022 is being held from 19th March, 22 to 4th April, 2022 in Faridabad, Haryana. This fair is held every year in the month of February, however, the schedule was revised this year due to the Coronavirus. The annual fair in Faridabad was last held […]
