Rural Inflation: Official data pegs rural inflation in March at 7.66%, with several States reporting even higher inflation, including West Bengal (8.85%), Uttar Pradesh and Assam (8.19%) as well as Madhya Pradesh (7.89%). Urban inflation has usually tended to be higher than rural inflation by an average of about 0.8 percentage points through most of […]
Category: Current Affairs
Integrated Child Development Scheme : Development Of Migration Tracking System
Integrated Child Development Scheme: The Maharashtra government has developed a Migration Tracking System (MTS) application to map the movement of migrant workers to maintain the continuity of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) like nutrition supply, immunisation and health check-up etc. MTS is a website based Application that tracks the movement of Vulnerable Seasonal Migrant […]
What Is The Indigenisation Of Defence?
What Is The Indigenisation Of Defence? The Navy is ramping up indigenisation efforts especially in weapons and aviation related items in line with the Government’s push to cut down on defence imports and boost domestic manufacturing. Indigenisation efforts has gained further urgency due to ingoing Russian war in Ukraine and the large scale dependency of […]
e-DAR Portal
e-DAR Portal: The Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) developed the portal named ‘e-DAR’ (e-Detailed Accident Report). The portal provides instant information on road accidents and helps accelerate accident compensation claims, bringing relief to victims’ families. Road safety continues to be a major developmental issue, a public health concern and a leading cause of […]
Bernardinelli-Bernstein Comet
Bernardinelli-Bernstein Comet: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed that the huge Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet is indeed the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers. The nucleus is called the C/2014 UN271 which has an estimated diameter of almost 129 kilometres. The nucleus is around 50 times larger than that […]
South Asia Economic Focus: World Bank
South Asia Economic Focus: World Bank The World Bank in its report South Asia Economic Focus (Bi- Annual) cut its economic growth forecast for India and the whole South Asian region. South Asia Economic Focus describes recent economic developments, analyses the economic impact on South Asia of the war in Ukraine, presents growth forecasts, provides […]
Tribute To Veer Kunwar Singh
Tribute To Veer Kunwar Singh: The Government will pay tribute to freedom fighter Veer Kunwar Singh (1777-1858) on his birth anniversary (23rd April). He belonged to a family of the Ujjainiya clan of the Parmar Rajputs of Jagdispur, currently a part of Bhojpur district, Bihar. He was the chief organiser of the fight against the […]
The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021
The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021: The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 after being introduced in Lok Sabha was later referred to the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The panel has recently recommended the Central Government not to encourage sale and purchase of captive elephants. Section 43 […]
First Long Range Forecast (LRF) For 2022 : IMD
First Long Range Forecast (LRF) For 2022 : IMD The India Meteorological Department (IMD) released its first Long Range Forecast (LRF) for 2022 which says that the country is likely to receive a normal monsoon for the fourth consecutive year. While forecasting a ‘normal’ southwest monsoon for this year, IMD also revised downwards the definition […]
Neptune: Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
Neptune: Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Ukraine claimed that it has damaged the Russian Black Sea Fleet Flagship ‘Moskva’ by Neptune Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles. The Neptune is a coastal anti-ship cruise missile that is capable of the destruction of naval vessels in a range of 300 km. The Missile system was inducted into the Ukrainian Defence Forces […]
