What Is Surety Bond? The Ministry for Road Transport & Highways (MORTH) has asked insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development authority (IRDAI) to develop a model product on Surety Bonds in consultation with general insurers. Several challenging issues which made Surety Bond a complete non-starter with the insurers have also been discussed and it was […]
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Amrit Sarovar Mission
Amrit Sarovar Mission: The Union government has asked the Ministry of Railways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to use the soil/silt excavated from ponds/tanks in all districts across the country under the Amrit Sarovar Mission for their infrastructure projects. Amrit Sarovar Mission was launched on 24th April 2022 with a view to […]
Aspirational District Programme
Aspirational District Programme: The Prime Minister has expressed his desire to extend the Aspirational District Programme to block and city levels. Aspirational Districts Programme was launched in 2018 which aims to transform districts that have shown relatively lesser progress in key social areas. Aspirational Districts are those districts in India, that are affected by poor […]
World Mental Health Report: WHO
World Mental Health Report: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) released the World Mental Health Report. Highlights of the report: WHO has called for more action on addressing mental health issues worldwide, especially now that the ‘Covid-19’ pandemic has been cited as contributing to worsening mental health. Almost a billion people, 14% of whom were […]
Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022)
Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022): Recently the Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022) was released by REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century). REN21 is a global collective of renewable energy actors. It includes scientists, governments such as India’s, non-governmental organisations and members of the industry who collated data on […]
Bamboo-Dwelling Bat
Bamboo-Dwelling Bat: Scientists have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary. The new species of bamboo-dwelling bat has been named Glischropus meghalayanus. Bamboo-dwelling bats are a particular kind of bat living in the internodes of bamboo with specialised morphological characters that help them to adapt to the life inside a […]
Chess Olympiad Games
Chess Olympiad Games: For the first time, this year, India is also going to host the Chess Olympiad games. The event was originally scheduled in Russia India is considered the birthplace of chess. Its origin can be traced back nearly 1500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India. From India, it spread […]
Way Finding Application
Way Finding Application: The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for signing of an agreement between the Government of India and the United Nations on a ‘Way Finding Application’ to be used in the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), consisting of five buildings and […]
FIFAe Nations Cup (FeNC) 2022
FIFAe Nations Cup (FeNC) 2022: In Football, India created history by securing a spot at the highly coveted FIFAe Nations Cup (FeNC) 2022. Representatives from the country will join esports athletes from 23 other nations to compete at the highest level of FIFA 22 Esports from July 26 to 30 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The FIFAe […]
G33 Ministerial Meeting In Geneva
G33 Ministerial Meeting In Geneva: At the G33 Ministerial Meeting in Geneva, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal expressed his concerns over the stalemate in reaching a permanent solution on the issue of public stockholding and special safeguard mechanism (SSM) for food security. The G33 Ministerial Meeting was held on the sidelines of the […]
