National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC): National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited has become the first energy company in the energy domain in India to declare its Energy Compact Goals as part of UN High-level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE). The United Nations is set to convene a high-level dialogue (HLD) in September, 2021 to promote the […]
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Not-For-Profit Hospital Model: NITI Aayog
Not-For-Profit Hospital Model: NITI Aayog: The NITI Aayog released a comprehensive study on the Not-for-Profit Hospital Model in the country. It is an initiative in a step towards closing the information gap on such institutions and facilitating robust policymaking in this area. NITI Aayog It is a public policy think tank of the Government of […]
Bharitalasuchus Tapani : Important Points
Bharitalasuchus Tapani: A Carnivorous Reptile: An international team of paleontologists has thrown light on a carnivorous reptile that lived 240 million years ago (Bharitalasuchus tapani). The Team studied some of the fossil specimens stored at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. In the mid 20th century, researchers from the Institute carried out extensive studies on rocks […]
What is Pyrostria laljii?
Pyrostria laljii: Genus Of The Coffee Family: Pyrostria laljii, a new species which belongs to the genus of the coffee family has recently been discovered from the Andaman Islands. A new species of pokeweed named Rivina andamanensis was also discovered. Andaman and Nicobar is a group of 572 islands and islets that are rich and […]
What are Parliamentary Privileges?
Parliamentary Privileges: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on science and technology, has moved a privilege motion against news channel Times Now for “falsified and mischievous” reporting of the proceedings of the panel’s meeting. Parliamentary Privileges: Parliamentary Privileges are certain rights and immunities enjoyed by members of Parliament, individually and collectively, […]
Cipla to Import Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Moderna’s Vaccine: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Mumbai-based pharma major Cipla to import Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the fourth vaccine in the country to be given the emergency use authorisation (EUA). India has made available three COVID vaccines — Covaxin, Covishield and Sputnik. The vaccine, mRNA-1273, manufactured by […]
Covishield not in EU Vaccine Passport Programme
Vaccine Passport Programme: Covishield, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, is not among the vaccines which have been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its “vaccine passport” programme that allows free movement of people in and out of Europe. The EMA list only includes four vaccines now Vaxzevria (Oxford-AstraZeneca), Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech), Spikevax (Moderna) […]
Exercise Sea Breeze
Exercise Sea Breeze: Ukraine and the United States launched joint naval Exercise ‘Sea Breeze’ in the Black Sea in a show of Western cooperation with Ukraine as it faces off with Russia. The drills come just days after the British Royal Navy’s HMS Defender passed near Russian-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea. The exercise Sea […]
Baihetan Dam: World’s Second Biggest Hydropower Dam
Baihetan Dam: World’s Second Biggest Hydropower Dam: China has put into operation the Baihetan Dam, world’s Second Biggest Hydropower Dam. The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydropower dam in the world and is also along China’s Yangtze River. It began operations in 2003. It is on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze […]
World’s 100 Best Medical Colleges For The Year 2021
World’s 100 Best Medical Colleges For The Year 2021: Six medical colleges from India have found a place in the list of the World’s 100 best medical colleges for the year 2021, in a ranking released by CEO World Magazine. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi has bagged 23rd position, while […]
