The National Mission For Clean Ganga (NMCG): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), conceived as a ₹20,000-crore programme in 2014 to clean up the river, has so far been allocated ₹15,074 crore. Of this only ₹10,972 crore, or about two-thirds, has been released by the Finance Ministry to the NMCG, a body under the […]
Category: Current Affairs
India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves : July 2021
India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $835 million to touch a record high of $612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. According to weekly data from the RBI, forex reserves rose to a record $612.73 billion in the reporting week, helped […]
Kandla SEZ (KASEZ) : First Green SEZ In The Country
KANDLA SEZ (KASEZ): First Green SEZ In The Country.: Kandla becomes first Green SEZ in the country. Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ), the oldest export zone in the country, has become the “first green industrial city” in India to receive a platinum rating under IGBC Green Cities Rating for existing cities in the industrial cities […]
Kargil Vijay Diwas 2021
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 26, 2021, paid tributes to Kargil martyrs on the Vijay Diwas day. Kargil Vijay Diwas is commemorated every 26th July in India, to observe India’s victory over Pakistan in the War of 1999 for the ejecting the Pakistani Forces from the mountain tops of Northern Kargil […]
Immigration Bill 2021 : Important Points
Immigration Bill 2021: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) invited public inputs to the Immigration Bill 2021. The Bill presents a long overdue opportunity to reform the recruitment process for nationals seeking employment abroad. Key Features of the Bill: The Bill intends to replace the Emigration Act of 1983. The Bill envisages comprehensive emigration management, […]
Cutlass Express 2021 Exercise
Exercise Cutlass Express 2021: Indian Naval Ship Talwar participated in a multinational training exercise Cutlass Express 2021, being conducted along the East Coast of Africa. The exercise is an annual maritime exercise conducted to promote national and regional maritime security in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. The 2021 edition of the exercise involves […]
Monkeypox Disease
Monkeypox: The US started surveillance on people travelling from Nigeria, who may have had contact with the individuals infected with Monkeypox. It is a viral zoonotic disease (transmission from animals to humans) and is identified as a pox-like disease among monkeys hence it is named Monkeypox. It is endemic to Nigeria. It is caused by […]
Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK)
Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK): The Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK), in the identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the country. About the PMJVK: The erstwhile Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) has been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram for effective implementation since 2018. […]
What Is Nauka?
What Is Nauka?: Nauka was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 21 using a Proton rocket. It is scheduled to be integrated with the ISS on July 29. Nauka, meaning “science” in Russian, is the biggest space laboratory Russia has launched to date. It will replace Pirs, a Russian module on the […]
Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute
Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute: Earlier in June this year, two abandoned houses along the Mizoram-Assam border were burned down by unidentified persons, fuelling tension along the volatile inter-state border. Now, early a month after this incident, the border dispute between the two neighbouring states has cropped up again, with both accusing each other of encroaching on […]
