Leith’s Soft-shelled Turtle : Transfer From Appendix II to Appendix I India’s proposal for transferring Leith’s Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia leithi) from Appendix II to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) has been adopted by the Conference of Parties (CoP) to CITES in its 19th […]
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Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’
Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’: Indian Air Force is conducting the Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’ from 28 November 2022 to 30 November 2022 at Air Force Station Agra. It aims to assess the efficacy of institutional Disaster Management structures and contingency measures and involves static and flying displays of various […]
Exercise Naseem Al Bahr 2022
Exercise Naseem Al Bahr 2022: The Indian Navy’s guided missile stealth frigate, INS Trikand, offshore patrol vessel, INS Sumitra, and Maritime Patrol Aircraft -Dornier, participated in the 13th Edition of the Indian Navy (IN) – Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) bilateral exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze). Ex-Naseem Al Bahr initiated in 1993, symbolises […]
Cryosphere Loss
Cryosphere Loss: At COP27, a broad coalition of 18 governments joined together to create a new high-level group ‘Ambition on Melting Ice (AMI) on Sea-level Rise and Mountain Water Resources’. The “AMI” group aims to ensure impacts of cryosphere loss is understood by political leaders and the public, and not only within mountain and polar […]
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana : Updates
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana : Updates Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare stated that it is open to taking pro-farmer changes in Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in response to the recent climate crisis and rapid technological advances. PMFBY Launched in 2016 and is being administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and […]
Periodic Labour Force Survey : National Statistical Office
Periodic Labour Force Survey : National Statistical Office The National Statistical Office (NSO) has released the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). The unemployment rate in urban areas for persons aged above 15 eased to 7.2% in July-September 2022 from 9.8% in July-September 2021. Findings of the PLFS (July-September 2022): The unemployment ratio is defined as […]
National Milk Day 2022
National Milk Day 2022: Department of Animal Husbandry to celebrate National Milk Day to commemorate 101st birth anniversary of the “Father of the White Revolution in India -Dr. Verghese Kurien National Milk Day is celebrated in India on November 26 to honour the memory of Dr Verghese Kurien, who is fondly known as the father […]
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
International Electrotechnical Commission: India wins the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Vice Presidency and Strategic Management Board (SMB) Chair for the 2023-25 term. IEC is an international standard setting body that publishes international Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. These are known collectively as “electrotechnology”. It is a global, not-for-profit membership organization that brings […]
PSLV-C54
PSLV-C54: ISRO recently launched PSLV-C54 with Oceansat-3, 8 nano satellites. Satellites in PSLV-C54 includes EOS-06 (Oceansat-3) plus eight nano satellites (BhutanSat, ‘Anand’ from Pixxel, Thybolt, and Astrocast – four numbers from Spaceflight USA). ISRO Nano Satellite-2 for Bhutan (INS-2B) spacecraft is configured with INS-2 Bus. INS-2B will have two payloads namely NanoMx and APRS-Digipeater. NanoMx […]
MAARG Portal
MAARG Portal: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry has launched a call for startup applications for registration on the Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience and Growth (MAARG) portal. MAARG portal is the National Mentorship Platform by Startup India. It is a one-stop platform to facilitate mentorship for startups […]
