Modified Interest Subvention Scheme: The Centre plans to increase the upper limit of the short-term crop loans under the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. Modified Interest Subvention Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme, 100% funded by the Government of India. It was launched in the year 2006-07 […]
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Flower Flies : Two Species Reported
Flower Flies : Two Species Reported Researchers of the Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL) of Christ College, Irinjalakuda, have reported two species of flower flies for the first time from Kerala. Mesembrius bengalensisand quadrivittatus have been discovered from the Kole wetlands and Vilagan Kunnu hillocks of Thrissur district. Flower flies belong to the family Syrphidae […]
National Clean Air Programme : New Study
National Clean Air Programme : New Study A new study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said that road dust mitigation works undertaken to reduce particulate matter 10 (PM10) pollution is draining a lion’s share — 64% — of funds under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). National Clean Air Programme was launched in […]
RoDTEP Scheme : In News
RoDTEP Scheme : In News The tea industry has sought higher rates under the RoDTEP scheme to make exports more competitive in overseas markets. RoDTEP Scheme is a flagship export promotion scheme of the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The WTO-compliant scheme aims to refund to the exporters the embedded central, state, and local […]
Zebra Mussel : Spotted
Zebra Mussel : Spotted Zebra mussel, an invasive species capable of wiping out entire aquatic ecosystems, has been found for the first time in the Colorado River, the most important river in the American Southwest. Zebra mussels are an invasive, fingernail-sized mollusk. Scientific Name: Dreissena polymorpha They are native to the Caspian and Black Seas, […]
Rapid Apophis Mission For Space Safety
Rapid Apophis Mission For Space Safety: The European Space Agency recently announced that its new Ramses spacecraft may accompany the asteroid Apophis before and after its safe, albeit rather close, pass of Earth. Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES) is a planetary defence mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). It will intercept the […]
Enemy Property In India
Enemy Property In India: The Indian government has begun to auction properties classified as ‘enemy properties’. Enemy Property are those immovable and moveable assets which were left behind by people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China after leaving India during the partition and post the 1962 and 1965 wars. Besides real estate, enemy property […]
Rwanda : Election
Rwanda : Election Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has smashed his own record by winning recent elections with more than 99% of the vote. Rwanda is a landlocked countrylocated south of the equator in east-central Africa. It is part of the Great Rift Valley region of Africa. Often referred to as the “land of a thousand […]
Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii : New Plant Species
Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii : New Plant Species Researchers from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) recently discovered a new plant species named Phlogacanthus sudhansusekharii, from Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh. Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii is a newly discovered plant species which belongs to the family ‘Acanthaceae’ and the ‘Phlogacanthus’ genus. It was discovered from the Itanagar Wildlife […]
Gaia Spacecraft
Gaia Spacecraft: Gaia spacecraft has faced and overcome significant challenges in its mission to map over a billion stars in the Milky Way. Gaia Spacecraft was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in December 2013. It is located 1.5 million kilometres from Earth at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2). It monitors each of […]
