AK-203 Assault Rifles: India has finally signed a deal with Russia for the procurement of 70,000 AK-203 assault rifles to be bought off the shelf. The development happens in spite of the joint venture of both the countries to manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles in India. Reportedly, the deliveries would begin within three months and […]
Category: Current Affairs
Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2021
Global Manufacturing Risk Index: India has overtaken the United States (US) to become the second-most sought-after manufacturing destination globally, driven mainly by cost competitiveness in the Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2021. China remains at number one position In last year’s report, the US was at second position while India ranked third. About the Global Manufacturing […]
Forum For Decarbonizing Transport – NITI Aayog
Forum For Decarbonizing Transport: NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute(WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India as part of the NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) project on August 23, 2021. NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute India Jointly Launch ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India The project aims at bringing down […]
North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report 2021–22
North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report And Dashboard 2021–22: NITI Aayog and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (M/DoNER) will be launching the first edition of the North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report and Dashboard 2021–22 on 26 August 2021. The NER District SDG Index and Dashboard is a collaborative […]
Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG)
Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG): The first batch of Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG), manufactured by Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), following Transfer of Technology from Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), was handed over to the Indian Army in Nagpur, Maharashtra on August 24, 2021 The grenade is not just more lethal, […]
National Monetisation Pipeline – Important Points
National Monetisation Pipeline The Union Finance Minister has launched the National Monetization Pipeline for the brownfield infrastructure assets. The NMP comprises a four-year pipeline of the Central Government’s brownfield infrastructure assets. Brownfield infrastructure is any previously developed asset that is not currently in use that may be potentially contaminated. The term is also used […]
Yuktdhara Portal
New Portal Under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara”: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that the new portal under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara”, which has been released recently, will facilitate planning of new MGNREGA assets using Remote Sensing and GIS based information. The “Yuktdhara” Geospatial Planning Portal will serve as a repository of assets (Geotags) created under various national rural development […]
Corbett Tiger Reserve : Uttarakhand
Corbett Tiger Reserve: Uttarakhand: The Delhi High Court has asked the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to consider as representation a petition to stop the alleged illegal construction of bridges and walls within tiger breeding habitat of the Corbett Tiger Reserve. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The Project Tiger was launched in […]
Earthquake Observatories in India
Earthquake Observatories: The government has announced that India is going to have 35 more earthquake observatories by the end of the 2021 and aims to add 100 more earthquake observatories by 2026. The announcement came at the inaugural function of the Joint Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) – International […]
Adoption (First Amendment) Regulations, 2021
Adoption (First Amendment) Regulations, 2021: According to a new clause in the adoption regulations, Indian diplomatic missions abroad will now be in charge of safeguarding adopted children whose parents move overseas with the child within two years of adoption. So far, Indian missions have had a role in inter-country adoption of Indian children limited to […]
