UGC Proposes Clustering Of Colleges: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has finalised guidelines for transforming colleges and universities into multidisciplinary institutions and has prescribed three different approaches which include “clustering” of establishments located in proximity to each other. The UGC will make public its “Guidelines for transforming higher educational institutions into multidisciplinary institutions”. These aim […]
Category: Current Affairs
Single-Use Plastic
Single-Use Plastic: In keeping with the spirit of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the country is taking steps to curb littered and unmanaged plastic waste pollution. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021 on August 12, 2021. In keeping with the spirit of […]
Mary Roy
Mary Roy: Mary Roy, educator and women’s rights activist, died at the age of 89. She is known for winning a Supreme Court lawsuit in 1986 against the gender biased inheritance law prevalent within the Syrian Malabar Nasrani community of Kerala. The judgement ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women as with their male siblings […]
Crime In India
Crime In India: India reported over 50,000 cases in 2021 Maximum from Telangana, UP, Karnataka and MH. Overall crime in India increased by 7.6% (seven point six). The increase in violent crimes and suicides in 2021 point to the indirect consequences of the pandemic Death due to suicide in 2021 — 12 per one lakh […]
Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE)
Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE): Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) has produced the 1st instance of the utilisation of resources in a planet’s atmosphere to meet human needs About MOXIE: It was sent by NASA on the Perseverence and made by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It works like a […]
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Stockholm Junior Water Prize: Annabelle M. Rayson, a student from Canada received the prestigious 2022 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for her research on how to treat and prevent harmful algae blooms. Harmful Algal Blooms, or HABs, occur when colonies of algae grow out of control and produce toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, […]
Artemis I
Artemis I: Artemis I will send a rocket without a crew on a monthlong journey around the Moon The programme aims to increase women’s participation in space exploration. In addition, the Artemis I mission will carry two mannequins designed to study the effects of radiation on women’s bodies so that NASA can learn how to […]
International Whale Shark Day
International Whale Shark Day: Delhi-based non-profit, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) launched ‘Save the Whale Shark Campaign’ along Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep in Mangaluru. August 30, 2022 is International Whale Shark Day, this year’s theme is “The Future of Sharks: Guardians of Our Seas.” The campaign will run along coastal Karnataka, Kerala and the Lakshadweep […]
Indian Navy Ensign
Indian Navy Ensign: The Prime Minister will unveil the new Ensign (flag) of the Indian Navy in Kochi to mark the launch of India’s first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. An Ensign is a national flag which is displayed on ships and aircraft, often with the special insignia of a branch or unit of the armed […]
Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy”
Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy”: Computer Emergency Response Team – India (CERT-In) successfully designed & conducted the Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy” for 13 Countries as part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative. The exercise was conducted as part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative- Resilience Working Group which is being led by India under the leadership […]
