Basava Jayanti: Basava Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of Lord Basavanna, the 12th-century poet-philosopher, and the founding saint of the Lingayat faith. This year it falls on 3rd May 2022 Basavanna was a philosopher, statesman, Kannada poet and a social reformer during the reign of the Kalachuri-dynasty king Bijjala I in Karnataka. Basavanna spread social […]
National Open Access Registry (NOAR)
National Open Access Registry (NOAR): National Open Access Registry (NOAR) has successfully gone live from 1st May 2022. NOAR is an integrated single window electronic platform accessible to all stakeholders including open access participants, traders, power exchanges, national/regional/state load despatch centres for electronic processing of short-term open access application thereby automating the administration of the […]
Sixth Edition Of The India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations
Sixth Edition Of The India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today co-chaired the sixth edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations-IGC in Berlin The biennial IGC is a unique dialogue format that also sees participation of several Ministers from both sides. This was the Prime Minister’s first IGC with Chancellor […]
Koilastila Gas Field : Bangladesh
Koilastila Gas Field : Bangladesh Bangladesh has discovered a new gas field with the capacity to produce 20 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) at the Koilastila Gas field. Koilastila Gas Field is one of the five gas fields purchased from the Shell Oil company by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 So […]
100 Years Of Delhi University
100 Years Of Delhi University: On May 1, 2022 Delhi University marked the beginning of its centennial celebrations. The idea for the university began taking shape in 1911 when it was decided to shift the capital of India to Delhi from Calcutta. The onset of World War I, differences over the nature of the would-be […]
Ion Concentration Polarisation:
Ion Concentration Polarisation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kg, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water. This device utilises electrical power to remove particles from drinking water. The unit relies on a technique called ion concentration polarisation. Rather than filtering water, […]
What Are Anabolic Steroids?
What Are Anabolic Steroids? Two of India’s track-and-field Tokyo Olympians failed dope tests for using banned anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are usually used by bodybuilders. They are essentially lab-made versions of the male hormone testosterone and have a similar effect of increasing muscle mass as the natural hormone does. It also increases male characteristics in […]
Sloth Bear: Important Points
Sloth bear Two sloth bears were rescued by forest officials from a village in Jharkhand by the People for Animals group. The People for Animals (PFA) is an animal welfare organization founded by Maneka Gandhi. The PFA was informed by Madaris. Madaris is a nomadic community that earns a living by performing street acts with […]
16th Steering Committee Meeting Of Project Elephant
16th Steering Committee Meeting Of Project Elephant: At the 16th Steering Committee meeting of Project Elephant, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched a field manual named-Field Manual for Managing Human-Elephant Conflicts (HEC) in India-to guide forest staffers dealing with HEC in major elephant range states. The manual has been prepared by the […]
India Semiconductor Mission
India Semiconductor Mission: Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has inaugurated the first ever Semicon India 2022 Conference under India Semiconductor Mission in Bengaluru. Semicon India – 2022 has been organized to take forward the vision of the Prime Minister to make India a leader in the electronics manufacturing, semiconductor design, manufacturing & innovation. Theme […]
