INS Rajput Will Be Decommissioned: INS Rajput will be Decommissioned on 21 May 2021 at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. INS Rajput is the first destroyer of the Indian Navy. INS Rajput, the lead ship of the Kashin-class destroyers built by the erstwhile USSR was commissioned on 04 May 1980 INS Rajput was constructed in the 61 […]
Category: Current Affairs
Corpse Flower : Important Points
The ‘corpse flower’: Over a thousand people queued up outside an abandoned gas station in San Francisco’s Bay Area this week to catch a glimpse of the extremely rare and aptly named ‘corpse flower’. The ‘corpse flower’ is a flowering plant, which is native to the rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia. The scientific name of […]
Mucormycosis : Epidemic Under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897
Mucormycosis: An Epidemic Under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897: The Union government has asked the States to declare mucormycosis, the fungal infection being reported in COVID-19 patients, an epidemic under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. Declaring the black fungus infection seen in COVID-19 patients an epidemic would lead to health facilities screening for it and reporting […]
A-76 : World’s Largest Iceberg
A-76 : World’s Largest Iceberg A giant slab of ice bigger than the Spanish island of Majorca has sheared off from the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg currently afloat in the world, the European Space Agency said. The newly calved berg, designated A-76 by scientists, was spotted in […]
UNESCO: Six Sites Have Been Added To India’s Tentative List
UNESCO: Six Sites Have Been Added To India’s Tentative List: Six sites have been added to India’s tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites. Six of the nine sites submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India had been accepted by UNESCO for inclusion in the tentative list, which is a requirement before the final nomination […]
Hike On Fertiliser Subsidy
Hike On Fertiliser Subsidy: The government takes a historic pro-farmer decision of hiking fertilizer subsidy. PM Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on the issue of fertilizer prices. It was discussed that the price of fertilisers is undergoing an increase due to the rising prices of phosphoric acid, ammonia, etc internationally. A historic decision was […]
Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID) Program
Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBID) Program: Launched recently by the Union Ministry of Social Justice. The program aims to create a pool of grass-root rehabilitation workers at the community level who can work alongside ASHA and Anganwadi workers to handle cross-disability issues and facilitate inclusion of persons with disabilities in the society. The program has been […]
NASA-ESA Solar Orbiter Spacecraft
NASA-ESA Solar Orbiter Spacecraft: NASA and European Space Agency’s spacecraft has captured the first solar eruption on the Sun’s surface. These eruptions are also known as coronal mass ejections (CME). If these eruptions on the Sun’s surface are big enough, they can cause billions of tons of plasma and electrically charged particles to dash towards […]
E-Way Bill Integration with FASTag, RFID
E-Way Bill Integration with FASTag, RFID: The Union Government has integrated the E-Way Bill (EWB) system with FasTag and RFID. Electronic Way (E-Way) Bill: E-Way Bill is usually a unique bill number generated for the specific consignment involving the movement of goods. Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, EWBs are mandatory for inter-state […]
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana: New AIIMS started under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana are providing advanced COVID Care in States. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), a Central Sector Scheme, was announced in 2003 to address imbalances in the availability of tertiary care hospitals and improve medical education in the country. The scheme received […]
