M1 Abrams Tanks: United States President Joe Biden recently announced that he will send 31 state-of-the-art M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine to help its troops push back Russian forces. M1 Abrams tanks is the United States main battle tank. The first M1 tank was manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) in 1978 and […]
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Halwa Ceremony
Halwa Ceremony: The ‘halwa ceremony’, which marks the final stage of the Union Budget-preparation, took place recently, at the Finance Ministry headquarters in New Delhi. ‘Halwa’ ceremony is a customary pre-Budget event that formally flags off the printing of different documents associated with the Budget and marks the final stage of the Union Budget-preparation. It […]
Kelp Forests
Kelp Forests: A recent study published in the journal Nature revealed that Kelp forests are declining because of climate change. Kelp thrives in cold, nutrient-rich waters. They attach to the seafloor and eventually grow to the water’s surface and rely on sunlight to generate food and energy, kelp forests are always coastal and require shallow, […]
Green Railway Station Certification
Green Railway Station Certification: The Visakhapatnam railway station of East Coast Railway has been awarded the ‘Green Railway Station Certification with the highest rating of Platinum’ by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). Green Railway Station Certification is a rating system developed by the Confederation of Indian Industry and Indian Green Building Council with the […]
Railways AI-Based Project
Railways AI-Based Project: The Indian Railways has concluded the trial of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) program built to fix a perennial issue — long waiting lists for tickets. Made By railways in-house software arm Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), this AI module, called Ideal Train Profile, was fed with information like how millions of […]
What Is India Stack?
What Is India Stack? India Stack is the moniker for a set of open APIs and digital public goods that aim to unlock the economic primitives of identity, data, and payments at population scale. The vision of India Stack is not limited to one country It can be applied to any nation, be it a […]
UN World Economic Situation And Prospects 2023 Report
UN World Economic Situation And Prospects 2023 Report: The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs launched the “World Economic Situation and Prospects” report or simply the World Economy Report. The report says that the economic growth of the world is slowing down. It is to reach 1.9% in 2023 from 3% in 2022. […]
Strategic Partnership : India And Egypt
Strategic Partnership : India And Egypt The Egyptian President Sisi ,as the Chief Guest of the 2023 Republic Day celebrations of India. With the trade between the countries touching 12 billion USD in the last five years, the countries have now entered into Strategic Partnership. With Egypt, India has signed the agreement on terrorism. The […]
She Feeds The World Programme
She Feeds The World Programme: The philanthropic foundation of PEPSICO and CARE joined together and launched the “She Feeds the World” program in India. The program is to empower women in the agriculture sector. The program will mainly focus on small-scale women producers. Initially, the program is to be implemented in Cooch Behar district and […]
Competition (Amendment) Bill
Competition (Amendment) Bill: The Competition Act aims to promote healthy competition in India. The main intention of the act is to avoid monopoly. The act was legislated in 2002. In 2022, the Government of India proposed certain changes and additions to the act. The amendment is still pending and the GoI recently added some more […]
