Mars Missions: Two more rovers — NASA’s Perseverance and China’s Tianwen-1 — are set to land on Mars on February 18 and in May 2021 respectively. NASA’s Perseverance Rover: The most sophisticated mission from an engineering standpoint, NASA’s Perseverance Rover, is en route to Mars and is set to land on Thursday at Jezero Crater, […]
The Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary : 3rd Edition
3rd Edition Of The Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment will virtually release the 3rd edition of the Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary with 10,000 terms (including 6,000 earlier terms) on 17th February 2021. The Dictionary has been brought out by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre […]
What is Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan Project?
Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan under Jal Jeevan Mission- Urban, JJM-U. It will be conducted in cities to ascertain the equitable distribution of water, reuse of wastewater, and mapping of water bodies with respect to quantity and quality of water through a challenging […]
Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020 : Who is S. Theodore Baskaran?
Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020: S. Theodore Baskaran who is a writer, a historian, a naturalist, and an activist has won the Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award, 2020. The award was instituted by the Sanctuary Nature Foundation. Theodore Baskaran was chosen for the award in light of his dedication to wildlife conservation. He won the […]
e-Chhawani Portal Launched : For Cantonment Areas
e-Chhawani Portal Launched: The Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh, has launched the e-Chhawani portal With the launch of this portal, the residents of Cantonment areas can now register their complaints with respect to civic issues. The portal would also help in resolving the complaints regarding the civic issues from home. This portal will work […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 15th February 2021
Today Current Affairs: 15th February 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Mandarin Duck : Spotted in Assam | IUCN Status
Mandarin Duck: Floating in the Maguri-Motapung beel (or wetland) in Assam’s Tinsukia district for over a week is the spectacular and rare Mandarin duck. First spotted on February 8 by Madhab Gogoi, the duck has since become the star of the wetland. Considered the most beautiful duck in the world, the Mandarin duck, or the […]
MK-1A Arjun Main Battle Tank : Key Points
Arjun Main Battle Tank: Prime Minister Modi handed over the indigenously developed Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to the Indian Army at a ceremony in Chennai. The army will get 118 units of the Main Battle Tank, indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by CVRDE and DRDO along with 15 academic institutions, eight labs and several […]
Policy Target Of Doubling Farmers Income By 2022
Policy Target Of Doubling Farmers’ Income By 2022: The Central Government admitted that no actual assessment of farm income has been carried out since 2013. The Government of India in its Annual Budget 2016-17 set a policy target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Agriculture sustains livelihood for more than half of India’s total population. […]
Report on Falling Numbers Of SC & ST Students In IITs
Falling Numbers Of SC & ST Students In IITs: Data collected from a series of Right to Information (RTI) applications pertaining to five older Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), has indicated that the acceptance rate is skewed against students from the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities. SC […]
