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 […]
Category: Current Affairs
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 […]
Infrastructure Status For Exhibition And Convention Centres
‘Infrastructure Status For Exhibition And Convention Centres: The Finance Ministry has granted ‘Infrastructure’ status for exhibition and convention centers, a move that is expected to ease bank financing for such projects. ‘Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre is included in the Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure sub-sectors by insertion of a new item in the category of Social and […]
Cryptocurrency: Reason for Crashing
Cryptocurrency: Crashing As Much As 30% Within 24 Hours: The cryptocurrency market saw a big correction with prices of major currencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, and others crashing as much as 30% within 24 hours. China announced: This came in the backdrop of Chinese regulators announcing a crackdown on cryptocurrencies. China has barred financial institutions […]
What is Single-Use Plastic?
Single-Use Plastic: A report was published which gave details of who makes single-use plastic, 130 million tons a year at last count, and who makes money from it. The report was published by Minderoo, a nonprofit organization based in Australia along with academics at the University of Oxford and the Stockholm Environment Institute. Major […]
Snow Leopard : WWE Report
Snow Leopard: WWE Report: The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) has released a report titled “Over 100 Years of Snow Leopard Research — A spatially explicit review of the state of knowledge in the snow leopard range”. Key findings: More than 70 per cent habitat of the snow leopard, over 12 Asian countries, remains […]
US Global Entry Program
US Global Entry Program: Indian security agencies in the past two years checked the antecedents of more than 9,000 Indians who wanted to enroll for the US’ Global Entry Program. The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) is being used for antecedent verification. Key Points Global Entry is a US Customs and Border […]
