Innovations For Defence Excellence (iDEX) – Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the budgetary support of ₹498.8 crores to Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) – Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) for the next five years. Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) was launched by the Government of India in 2018. iDEX will […]
Category: Current Affairs
What is Project O2?
Project O2: The Office of Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India has launched ‘Project O2 for India’. Its objective is to enable stakeholders to work to augment the country’s ability to meet the rise in demand for medical oxygen. Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India In November 1999, Cabinet Secretariat […]
Tulu language : Eighth Schedule Of The Constitution
Tulu language: Demand To Include In the Eighth Schedule Of The Constitution: Demand grows for Tulu to be included in the eighth schedule of the Constitution and given official language status in Karnataka and Kerala. Tulu is a Dravidian language spoken mainly in two coastal districts Dakshina Kannada and Udupi of Karnataka and Kasaragod district […]
NATO Summit Was Held Recently In Brussels
NATO Summit Was Held Recently In Brussels: NATO Summit was held recently in Brussels. It brought together the leaders of all 30 Allied nations. The heads of the NATO countries said they “remain firmly committed to NATO’s founding Washington Treaty, including that an attack against one Ally shall be considered an attack against us all, […]
SIPRI Year Book 2021
SIPRI Year Book 2021: Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released its Year Book 2021. Key findings: India possessed an estimated 156 nuclear warheads at the start of 2021, compared with 150 at the start of last year, while Pakistan had 165 warheads, up from 160 in 2020. China’s nuclear arsenal […]
Revised Subsidy For Electric Vehicles
Revised Subsidy For Electric Vehicles: The central government has decided to increase the subsidy by 50% on electric two-wheelers under the FAME-II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles) scheme in view of the adoption of eco-friendly vehicles. New Modification: The Centre has made a partial modification of the FAME-II, including increasing the demand incentive […]
Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Status : For Basmati Rice
Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Status: For Basmati Rice: India, the world’s largest exporter of basmati rice, has applied for protected geographical indication (PGI) status from the European Union’s Council on Quality Schemes for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs. This would give it sole ownership of the basmati title in the EU. Pakistan, which is the only […]
Dagmara Hydro-Electric Project: Bihar
Dagmara Hydro-Electric Project,: Bihar: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited and Bihar State Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (BSHPC) for Implementation of Dagmara Hydro-Electric Project, Supaul, Bihar. NHPC is a Category-A Miniratna Company under the Ministry of Power, in the field of Hydropower. It is the largest […]
G7 Meet 2021
G7 Meet: The leaders of seven nations — the U.S., Germany, the U.K., France, Canada, Japan and Italy — met in Cornwall in south-west England, marking the 47th edition of the “Group of seven” summit. India is a “natural ally” to work with the world’s richest G7 countries to fight against threats of authoritarianism, said […]
What is PASIPHAE Project?
PASIPHAE Project: The Wide Area Linear Optical Polarimeter (WALOP), a vital instrument for the PASIPHAE Project, is being developed at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), India. Polar-Areas Stellar-Imaging in Polarisation High-Accuracy Experiment (PASIPHAE) is an international collaborative sky surveying project. About the PASIPHAE Survey: It is an opto polarimetric survey aiming to measure […]
