SRESTHA- Gujarat Project: USD 350 million in aid has been approved by the World Bank for the “Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement” in Gujarat or the SRESTHA-G project. This project will be costing USD 500 million and the World Bank is providing USD 350 million to support this project and the rest will […]
Punjab ‘Lok Milni’ Scheme
Punjab ‘Lok Milni’ Scheme: Bhagwant Mann, the Chief Minister of Punjab heard the grievances of the people of the state and issued redressal directions in ‘Lok Milni’, a first-of-its-kind public interaction programme that was launched on 16th May 2022. This interactive programme was launched with the aim of providing a platform to the people of […]
Italian Open 2022 : Winners
Italian Open 2022: The 2022 Italian Open was concluded recently on 15th May 2022 It was classified as an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2022 ATP Tour and a non-mandatory event on the 2022 Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. Winners of the Italian Open 2022: Men’s singles: Novak Djokovic […]
Eklavya Model Residential Schools
Eklavya Model Residential Schools: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has laid the foundation stone for the construction of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) in Nashik, Maharashtra. The proposed EMR School aims to make quality education accessible to tribal students in remote tribal hinterlands of Nashik. EMRS is a scheme for making model residential schools for […]
INS Surat And Frigate INS Udaygiri
INS Surat And Frigate INS Udaygiri: The Defence Minister launched the Indian Navy destroyer warship INS Surat and frigate INS Udaygiri in Mumbai. INS Surat: ‘Surat’ is the fourth ship of Project 15B Destroyers which heralds a significant makeover of the P15A (Kolkata Class) Destroyers. The first ship (Visakhapatnam) of this class was commissioned in […]
What Is An Urban Heat Island?
What Is An Urban Heat Island? Several parts of the country are reeling under heat wave conditions. Cities, especially, are a lot hotter than rural areas. This is due to a phenomenon called an “urban heat island”. An urban heat island is a local and temporary phenomenon experienced when certain pockets within a city experience […]
Bird Count India
Bird Count India: Uttarakhand reported the highest number of bird species, at 293, while the highest number of checklists (lists of birds seen and heard by birdwatchers), at 192, was uploaded from Jammu & Kashmir, according to the primary report from birdwatchers in the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Bird Count India […]
Malviya Mission
Malviya Mission: Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan pitched in with an idea of a “Malviya Mission” to develop enabling ecosystem across the country for teacher education/faculty development. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861 – 1946) was an Indian educationist and a Freedom Fighter. He was conferred the title of ‘Mahamana’ by Mahatma Gandhi. During his […]
La Reunion Island
La Reunion: The navies of India and France recently conducted their second joint patrolling in the French island of La Reunion in the South-Western Indian Ocean. Objective: To demonstrate “joint surveillance and patrolling operations” capabilities. La Reunion: is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is […]
XV World Forestry Congress
XV World Forestry Congress: The Seoul Forest Declaration was an outcome of the discussions held at the recently concluded XV World Forestry Congress in Seoul, South Korea. This was the second congress held in Asia, with Indonesia hosting the first Congress in Asia in 1978. Outcomes of XV World Forestry Congress: The Assuring the Future […]
