General Crop Estimation Survey Portal: The secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) launched the mobile application and the web portal for GCES (General Crop Estimation Survey). General Crop Estimation Survey Portal and mobile application have been designed to transform agricultural practices across the nation. It has been developed by Department of […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 22nd Sep 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 22nd Sep 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Mithun : Food Animal Tag
Mithun : Food Animal Tag Northeast’s Mithun gets a ‘food animal’ tag from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The Mithun or gayal (Bos frontalis) is considered a descendant of the Indian Gaur or bison. It plays an important role in the socio-economic and cultural life of tribes such as the Nyishi, […]
SIMBEX 23
SIMBEX 23: Indian Naval Ships Ranvijay and Kavaratti and submarine INS Sindhukesari arrived in Singapore to participate in the 30th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX). SIMBEX 23 is an annual bilateral Naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). It has been conducted since 1994. It holds […]
Supra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer
Supra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer: India’s solar mission, Aditya L1, has started studying energetic particles in the solar wind from space with the help of a device named Supra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS). It is a sub-system of the ASPEX (Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment) payload on the spacecraft. The key aim […]
Nuakhai Juhar : Social Festival
Nuakhai Juhar : Social Festival The Prime Minister of India greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Nuakhai Juhar. Nuakhai Juhar is an important social festival of Western Odisha and adjoining areas of Simdega in Jharkhand. The word nua means new, and khai means food. Objective is an agricultural festival which is observed to […]
Rafflesia Flower : Risk Of Extinction
Rafflesia Flower : Risk Of Extinction Most species of the famously large Rafflesia flower are now at risk of extinction, new research warned recently. Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants native to Southeast Asia. These plants are renowned for producing the largest individual flowers in the world, both in terms of size and […]
Feline Panleukopenia virus : Seven Leopard Cubs
Feline Panleukopenia virus : Seven Leopard Cubs In the last one month, seven leopard cubs at Bannerghatta Biological Park in Bengaluru have died after being infected by the feline panleukopenia virus. Feline Panleukopenia Virus is a highly contagious viral disease of cats. It is also known as Feline Distemper, which is a life-threatening infectious disease. […]
Truenat Test : To Detect Nipah
Truenat Test : To Detect Nipah Kerala has been accorded sanction by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) to use Truenat test to diagnose Nipah. Truenat test uses a portable, smart chip-based, battery-operated RT-PCR (Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain reaction) kit to detect the presence of the virus in a sample. Truenat is the first kit […]
Green Nudge
Green Nudge: A study conducted in China has shed light on the positive environmental impact of implementing “green nudges” in online food delivery platforms. Green nudges are interventions that encourage people to act more sustainably. They are a relatively new policy tool that aims to encourage pro-environmental behaviour. By defaulting to “no disposable cutlery” and […]
