National Programme On Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage: The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Heavy Industry for implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme ‘National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage’. The move aims to achieve a manufacturing capacity of 50 GigaWatt Hour of ACC and […]
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2021 World Food Prize
2021 World Food Prize: Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a global nutrition expert of Indian descent has won the prestigious 2021 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: Thilsted’s trailblazing research on small native fish species in Bangladesh led to the development of […]
The International Nurses And Midwives Day
The International Nurses And Midwives Day: The International Nurses and Midwives Day is celebrated on May 12 every year The celebration of International Nurses Day started in 1965 by the International Council of Nurses(ICN). This day is the birth anniversary of the famous Florence Nightingale. She was an English nurse, social reformer, and statistician. During […]
Great Nicobar Island Project: NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog’s Ambitious Project For Great Nicobar Island: The Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC) – Infrastructure I of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has flagged serious concerns about NITI Aayog’s ambitious project for Great Nicobar Island. The committee has, however, removed the first hurdle faced by the project. It has “recommended” it […]
Increased Child Marriages In Lockdown
Increased Child Marriages In Lockdown: Some activists and organizations of Karnataka have raised the issue of increased child marriages in Lockdown with the Ministry of Women and Child Development. According to a report published in December 2020 by ChildLine India, the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have proved to be new drivers of child marriages […]
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture: Allocation Of Fund
The mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has provided an enhanced allocation of Rs. 2250 Crore for the year 2021-22 for ‘Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH). Horticulture is the branch of plant agriculture dealing with garden crops, generally fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. M.H. Marigowda is […]
Aerial Passenger Ropeway System Between Dehradun And Mussoorie
Aerial Passenger Ropeway System Between Dehradun And Mussoorie: The Union Cabinet gave its approval to the transfer of land of Indo-Tibetan Border Police, ITBP to the Government of Uttarakhand for the development of Aerial Passenger Ropeway System between Dehradun and Mussoorie. The proposed Ropeway is a mono-cable ropeway of 5580 meters length between Purkul Gaon, […]
Covid-19: Make It The Last Pandemic: IPPPR
Covid-19: Make It The Last Pandemic: IPPPR: An independent global panel, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) in its report named “Covid-19: Make it the Last Pandemic concluded that the catastrophic scale of the Covid-19 pandemic could have been prevented. The report was requested by World Health Organization (WHO) member states in […]
Article 311 Of The Constitution
Article 311 Of The Constitution: A police officer was dismissed from the service by Mumbai Police Commissioner under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution without a departmental enquiry. Article 311 (1) says that no government employee either of an all India service or a state government shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to […]
Israel-Palestine Conflict : Important Points
Israel-Palestine: Israeli armed forces attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Haram esh-Sharif in Jerusalem, ahead of a march by Zionist nationalists commemorating Israel’s capture of the eastern half of the city in 1967. The threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah escalated the crisis further. Zionism is a […]
