2021 World Food Prize: Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a global nutrition expert of Indian descent has won the prestigious 2021 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: Thilsted’s trailblazing research on small native fish species in Bangladesh led to the development of […]
National Programme On Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage
National Programme On Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage: The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Heavy Industry for implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme ‘National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage’. The move aims to achieve a manufacturing capacity of 50 GigaWatt Hour of ACC and […]
Aerial Passenger Ropeway System Between Dehradun And Mussoorie
Aerial Passenger Ropeway System Between Dehradun And Mussoorie: The Union Cabinet gave its approval to the transfer of land of Indo-Tibetan Border Police, ITBP to the Government of Uttarakhand for the development of Aerial Passenger Ropeway System between Dehradun and Mussoorie. The proposed Ropeway is a mono-cable ropeway of 5580 meters length between Purkul Gaon, […]
Covid-19: Make It The Last Pandemic: IPPPR
Covid-19: Make It The Last Pandemic: IPPPR: An independent global panel, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) in its report named “Covid-19: Make it the Last Pandemic concluded that the catastrophic scale of the Covid-19 pandemic could have been prevented. The report was requested by World Health Organization (WHO) member states in […]
Article 311 Of The Constitution
Article 311 Of The Constitution: A police officer was dismissed from the service by Mumbai Police Commissioner under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution without a departmental enquiry. Article 311 (1) says that no government employee either of an all India service or a state government shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to […]
Israel-Palestine Conflict : Important Points
Israel-Palestine: Israeli armed forces attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Haram esh-Sharif in Jerusalem, ahead of a march by Zionist nationalists commemorating Israel’s capture of the eastern half of the city in 1967. The threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah escalated the crisis further. Zionism is a […]
Indian Researchers Have Sequenced 624 Pangolin Scales
Indian Researchers Have Sequenced 624 Pangolin Scales: Indian Researchers have sequenced 624 pangolin scales, thereby categorizing the Indian and Chinese pangolins. Pangolins, despite being listed in Schedule I of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 continues to be the world’s most trafficked mammal. The primary demand for its scales in the making of traditional East Asian medicines […]
Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of India (ICAI) And Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA)
Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of India (ICAI) And Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA): The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA). The MoU would enhance cooperation between the Institutes to work together to strengthen the Accounting profession and […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 12th May 2021
Today Current Affairs: 12th May 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. IREDA has been conferred with the “Green Urja Award” for being the Leading Public Institution in Financing Institution for Renewable Energy this year by the Indian Chamber of Commerce Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is a Mini Ratna (Category – I) Government […]
