SWAMIH Fund: The Government of India’s Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) completed its first residential project. The residential project – Rivali Park, located in suburban Mumbai, was the first housing project in India to have received funding under the SWAMIH Fund. SWAMIH Fund: This is a government-backed fund that was set up […]
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India Continues To label Itself As a Country With No Community Transmission
India Continues To label Itself As a Country With No Community Transmission: As per the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), India continues to label itself as a country with no Community Transmission (CT) since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Countries such as the United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, France have all […]
Cultural Exchange Programme
Cultural Exchange Programme: The Minister of State for Culture discussed various issues under the Cultural Exchange Programme with his Mongolian counterpart. Highlights of the Meet: Strengthening the strategic partnership- established in 2015. The Cultural Exchange Program between India and Mongolia stands renewed until 2023. 10 dedicated ICCR scholarships for studying ‘Tibetan Buddhism’ have been allocated […]
Article 311 of the Indian Constitution
Article 311: Suspended police officer Sachin Waze, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Mukesh Ambani terror scare case, was dismissed from service by Mumbai Police Commissioner under Article 311 (2) (b) of the Indian Constitution without a departmental enquiry. Article 311 says that no government employee either of an all […]
Helmand – Afghanistan
Helmand: Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces resumed in the restive southern province of Helmand, ending a three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring sides to mark the Id-ul-Fitr holiday. Helmand is also known as Hillmand or Helman and, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand. It is one of the 34 provinces of […]
Winchcombe Meteorite
Winchcombe meteorite: A piece of the Winchcombe meteorite that touched down in the town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire in the UK in February 2021 will be displayed at the National History Museum. Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. But when meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere they […]
Tianwen-1 Spacecraft : Landed On The Surface Of Mars
‘Tianwen-1’ Spacecraft: Landed Safely On The Surface Of Mars: China’s uncrewed ‘Tianwen-1’ spacecraft recently landed safely on the surface of Mars. The spacecraft landed on a large plain located in the northern hemisphere of Mars, known as Utopia Planitia. This makes China the second country in the world to send a rover to explore the […]
Red-Eared Slider Turtle
Red-Eared Slider Turtle: The invasive red-eared slider can become a major threat to the biodiversity of water bodies across the Northeast region of India. The Northeast region of India is home to more than 72% of the turtle and tortoise species in the country. Scientific Name: Trachemys scripta elegans Habitat: U.S. and northern Mexico Description: […]
Report On Global Remittances 2021 : World Bank
Report On Global Remittances: World Bank: According to the latest edition of the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief, despite Covid-19, remittance flows remained resilient in 2020, registering a smaller decline than previously projected. Remittance Inflow of India: India being at the top, received over USD 83 billion in remittances in 2020, a drop of […]
Enforced Or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID)
Enforced Or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID): Since the coup in Myanmar, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) has received reports of enforced disappearances from the family members of victims. Many Asian regimes are using enforced disappearances as a tool to suppress the people. An enforced disappearance occurs when a person is […]
