Two New Missions To Venus: NASA: The last US probe to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now, NASA has announced two new missions to Venus. These two sister missions both aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world, capable of melting lead at the surface. These include: 1. Davinci+: The […]
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International Nitrogen Initiative Conference
International Nitrogen Initiative Conference: The 8th International Nitrogen Initiative Conference (INI2020) was scheduled to convene in Berlin, Germany, from 3-7 May 2020. But, due to the pandemic, it was canceled last year and was held recently- virtually. About the International Nitrogen Initiative Conference: Set up in 2003 under the sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on […]
Palestine and India : Issue Regarding Human Rights
Palestine Blamed India For Suppressing Its Human Rights Of All People: Palestine blamed India for suppressing its human rights of all people as India abstained from the latest resolution on the Palestinian issue. India abstained from voting on a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that came up in the backdrop of […]
New Pension Rules For Civil Servants
New Pension Rules For Civil Servants: The Central Government has amended its pension rules putting new restrictions on officials of intelligence and security organizations after retirement. The government has amended Rule-8(3)(a) of the CCS (Central Civil Services) Pension Rules-1972. The Centre has notified Central Civil Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2020. The said rules were first […]
Artificial Sun Experiment : China
Artificial Sun Experiment: CHINA: China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also known as the ‘Artificial Sun’ experiment, has set a new record in the latest experiment, where it achieved a plasma temperature of 216 million Fahrenheit (120 million C) for 101 seconds. It is believed that the temperature at the core of the Sun is […]
United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly: India has decided to vote in support of Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid in the election of the President of the United Nations General Assembly. This time the UNGA head will be chosen from the Asia-Pacific grouping. Asia- Pacific group of the UN: Consists of 53 Member States and is […]
What is Digital Services Tax?
Digital Services Taxes: The United States recently announced 25% tariffs on over $2 billion worth of imports from six nations over their digital services taxes, but immediately suspended the duties to allow time for international tax negotiations to continue. The S. Trade Representative’s office had approved the threatened tariffs on goods from Britain, Italy, Spain, […]
Arun Kumar Mishra: Chairman of NHRC
Arun Kumar Mishra: Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).: President Ram Nath Kovind formally appointed Justice Arun Kumar Mishra as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Justice Mishra’s name was recommended by a high-powered selection panel consisting Prime Minister Modi; Union Home Minister; Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha; Lok […]
What is Seed Minikit Programme?
The Seed Minikit Programme: The Seed Minikit Programme was launched by Union Agriculture Minster by distributing Seed Minikits (higher yielding varieties of seeds) of Pulses and oilseeds to farmers. The Seed Minikits programme is a major tool for introducing new varieties of seeds in the farmers fields and is instrumental for increasing the seed replacement […]
The India Cycles4Change Challenge
The India Cycles4Change Challenge: The India Cycles4Change challenge is beginning to gain momentum in Indian cities. The challenge was launched under the Smart Cities Mission by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on 25th June, 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic was making inroads across the country, cycling […]
