Whistle Blower Portal: IREDA The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has launched a ‘whistle-blower Portal’, as a part of ‘Vigilance Awareness Week 2021’. It is a part of IREDA’s “zero tolerance” of corruption. Through this portal, IREDA employees can raise concerns related to fraud, corruption, abuse of power etc. IREDA is a Mini Ratna […]
Category: Current Affairs
COP26 Climate Conference – UNFCCC
COP26 Climate Conference: The UK will host the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference from October 31 to November 12. This year marks the 26th Conference of Parties (thus the name COP26) and will be held in the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow. COP comes under the United Nations Climate Change Framework Convention (UNFCCC) which […]
Bhasha Sangam Initiative
Bhasha Sangam Initiative: The Ministry of Education launched various initiatives under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) to commemorate Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. The Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat was announced by the Prime Minister in 2015 on the occasion of the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is celebrated to mark the […]
Ganga Utsav 2021 – River Festival
Ganga Utsav 2021-The River Festival: The 5th edition of Ganga Utsav-The River Festival 2021 has begun which celebrates the glory of the National river Ganga. Ganga was declared as the National River of India on 4th November 2008. The event will also comprise, launch of the Ganga Tarang Portal, curtain raiser on Ganga Knowledge Portal […]
18th India-ASEAN Summit
18th India-ASEAN Summit: India participated in the 18th India-ASEAN Summit at the invitation of Brunei, the current Chair of ASEAN. The Year 2022 has been highlighted as India-ASEAN Friendship by the leaders. India-ASEAN Summit is held every year and provides an opportunity for India and Asean to engage at the highest level. ASEAN in Act […]
PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP)
PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP): The Centre has constituted a 20-member Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS), which will be a monitoring mechanism for the development and implementation of the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP). The Cabinet Secretary will be its Chairperson. The Members of this Empowered Group include Chairman, Railway Board, […]
Informal Sector
Informal Sector: Signalling a greater shift towards formalisation of the economy, the share of the large informal sector in overall economic activity dipped sharply in 2020-21 even as informal workers continue to bear the brunt of the pandemic’s adverse effects, the SBI said in a research report. The share of the informal economy may have […]
Indus River Dolphin Census
Indus River Dolphin: The census of one of the world’s most threatened cetaceans, the Indus river dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) — a freshwater dolphin that is found in river Beas, is all set to commence in the winter as part of a project by the Centre. However, Punjab’s wildlife preservation wing has gone a step […]
G-20 Summit 2021
G-20 Summit: India pushed for “safeguarding the interests of the developing world” as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the G-20 summit at sessions on climate change and sustainable development, said G-20 Sherpa and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. No time-bound agreements were reached as leaders of the world’s top economies ended the summit in Rome, recommitting […]
World Pedestrian Day 2021
World Pedestrian Day: In a meeting with state transport minister, Amarinder Raja Warring, recently on Road Safety, Punjab Police’s ADGP (traffic), Dr Sharad Satya Chauhan, proposed that the birth anniversary (Gurpurab) of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev be declared as ‘World Pedestrian Day’. A written proposal in this regard may be sent to the Union […]
