International Women’s Day 2023: The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. According to a UNICEF report, as many as 90% of the jobs in the world today have a digital component. These jobs, however, are available only to the digitally able, and to more men than women. […]
About: Kumari Sonali
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Attukal Pongala
Attukal Pongala: The Attukal Pongala falls on the ninth day of the annual ten-day festival at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram. It is one of the world’s largest gatherings of women. Pongala is a ten-day-long festival of Attukal Bhagavathy Temple. The festival commences with the musical rendering of the story of the Goddess (Kannaki Charitam) […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 7th March 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 7th March 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) : Extension
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) : Extension The Union government is looking at a possible extension of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) amid global economic uncertainty and expectation of slower domestic growth next fiscal. Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) was launched by the Government of India in 2020 as a special […]
Nano Liquid DAP Fertilizer : Approved
Nano Liquid DAP Fertilizer : Approved The Government recently approved the launch of nano liquid DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) fertilizer in India and has been notified in the Fertilizer Control Order (FCO). Nano liquid DAP fertilizer is a concentrated phosphate-based fertilizer. It provides phosphorous nutrition throughout the crop growth and development cycle. Nano-DAP is jointly manufactured […]
United Nations High Seas Treaty
United Nations High Seas Treaty: After more than a decade of negotiations, the countries of the United Nations have recently agreed to the High Seas Treaty. UN High Seas Treaty is the first-ever treaty to protect the world’s oceans that lie outside national boundaries. It is also known as the ‘Paris Agreement for the Ocean.’ […]
Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023
Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023: The President of India presented the Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023 and graced the launch of Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch The Rain -2023 in New Delhi. Catch the Rain is a Jan Andolan campaign to encourage all stakeholders to create rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS). Tag line: Catch the rain, where […]
Megha-Tropiques-1
Megha-Tropiques-1: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be undertaking a challenging experiment of a controlled re-entry of the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) satellite on March 7, 2023. Megha-Tropiques is an Indo-French Joint Satellite Mission for studying the water cycle and energy exchanges in the tropics. Objective is to understand the life cycle of convective systems […]
ILO-UNICEF Report
ILO-UNICEF Report: ILO (International Labour Organization) and UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) has released a report titled- “More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection for children”, which states that just 1 in 4 children are shielded by social protection, leaving others exposed to poverty, exclusion and multidimensional deprivations. Findings […]
International Maritime Exercise/ Cutlass Express 2023
International Maritime Exercise/ Cutlass Express 2023: INS Trikand is participating in the International Maritime Exercise/ Cutlass Express 2023 (IMX/CE-23) being held in the Gulf region from 26 Feb to 16 Mar 23. INS Trikand: It is a frontline frigate equipped with a versatile range of weapons and sensors. The ship is a part of the […]
