Kapu Community Reservation: The Andhra Pradesh government has announced 10% reservation for the Kapu community and other Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) for appointments in the initial posts and services in the State government. This reservation is extended in accordance with the Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019. The Kapus are primarily an agrarian community based in […]
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Indian Institute Of Heritage
Indian Institute Of Heritage: The government has decided to set up the ‘Indian Institute of Heritage’ at Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar. The Institute is being set up as Deemed to be University by integrating Institute of Archaeology (Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology), School of Archival Studies under National Archives of India, New Delhi, the […]
Moon Wobble
Moon Wobble: Sometimes, the moon seems to move in mysterious ways. It is mostly circles and ovals. But there is also something else a so-called wobble animating those rotations and revolutions. According to a recent study, the phenomenon is expected to lead to more flooding here on Earth in the middle of the next decade. […]
Mekedatu Dam Project
Mekedatu Dam Project: The Centre has given its assurance that Karnataka will not be allowed to carry out any construction on the Mekedatu dam project on the Cauvery river until its Detailed Project Report (DPR) is approved by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA). Mekedatu, meaning goat’s leap, is a deep gorge situated at the […]
India’s Textile Sector
India’s Textile Sector: The Union Minister of Textiles held an in-depth review of initiatives undertaken by the Ministry of Textiles for giving a boost to the textiles sector. Textiles & garments industry is labour intensive sector that employs 45 mn people in India is second only to the agriculture sector in terms of employment. India’s […]
Scheme For Promotion Of Flagging Of Merchant Ships In India
Scheme For Promotion Of Flagging Of Merchant Ships In India: The scheme was approved by the cabinet recently. The scheme seeks to provide Rs.1624 crore over five years as a subsidy to Indian Shipping companies in global tenders floated by Ministries and CPSEs for import of government cargo. The budgetary support would be provided directly […]
Cabo Delgado
Cabo Delgado: The European Union has approved a Military Training Mission in Mozambique to support armed forces there to protect the civilian population. It aims to train and support the military in restoring security to northern Cabo Delgado, which has been plagued by extreme violence amid Jihadist attacks since 2017. Over the last three years, […]
Suborbita Flight
Suborbita Flight: A six person crew on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceship undertook a brief trip to the “edge of space” which is known as Suborbital Flight. Sirisha Bandla, an astronaut born in India, was a part of the crew. She was the third woman of Indian origin to go to space after Kalpana Chawla […]
Karman Line
Karman Line: On July 11, British businessman Richard Branson beat rival Jeff Bezos to reach the edge of space, giving space tourism an official kickstart. But experts and space enthusiasts are in doubt whether the height to which he travelled can be termed ‘space’. The most widely accepted boundary of space is known as the […]
Country’s First Green Hydrogen Mobility Project
Country’s First Green Hydrogen Mobility Project: REL, a 100% subsidiary of NTPC, signed a MoU with Union Territory of Ladakh and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) to setup the country’s first Green Hydrogen Mobility project. The signing of the MoU was also marked with the inauguration of NTPC’s first solar installations in Leh […]
