Panel On MGNREGA Restructuring: The Central Government has set up a panel to recommend structural and other reforms required for the effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act The panel will be headed by Amarjeet Sinha – the former Rural Development Secretary and advisor in the PMO. Chief Economic Advisor […]
Category: Current Affairs
Zombie Virus
Zombie Virus: European researchers have raised concerns of yet another pandemic after resurrecting a 48,500-year-old ‘Zombie Virus’ from a frozen lake in Russia. The researchers warned that Climate change-induced thawing of the permanently frozen land (permafrost) in the Arctic could pose a new public health threat. Zombie Virus: 13 new pathogens have been characterized, what […]
World AIDS Day 2022
World AIDS Day 2022: World AIDS Day is observed on 1st December every year all over the world to spread awareness about the disease and remember all those who lost their lives to it. World AIDS Day was founded in 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and was the first ever global health day […]
Global Water Resources Report 2021: WMO
Global Water Resources Report 2021: WMO WMO (World Meteorological Organization) has released its first annual State of Global Water Resources Report 2021. The aim of this annual report is to support monitoring and management of global freshwater resources in an era of growing demand and limited supplies. The report focuses on three major areas: Streamflow, […]
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme: A meeting was held by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP). Overall development of horticulture in the country would be focused with the help of the implementation of the CDP. Horticulture is the branch of plant agriculture dealing with garden crops, generally […]
Manipur Sangai Festival
Manipur Sangai Festival: The Prime Minister of India recently addressed the Manipur Sangai Festival. Every year the State of Manipur celebrates the “Manipur Sangai Festival” from 21st to 30th November. The objective is to showcase Manipur as a world class tourism destination. The ‘Festival’ is named after the State animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found […]
Manthan Platform
Manthan Platform: The Manthan platform won NSEIT the Best Tech Initiative of the Year at the Dun & Bradstreet Business Excellence Awards 2022. The award was presented for building the technology infrastructure to support Manthan. Manthan is a platform that promotes collaboration at scale between industry and the scientific research and development ecosystem. The development […]
Project Great Indian Bustard
Project Great Indian Bustard: The Supreme Court of India recently requested the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change to consider launching ‘Project Great Indian Bustard (GIB)’ like one for tigers. The Great Indian Bustard, found mainly in the Indian subcontinent, is the flagship grassland species of India. It is one of the largest […]
G20 Sherpa Meeting 2022
G20 Sherpa Meeting 2022: The G-20 Sherpa meeting will be held at Udaipur in Rajasthan from December 5 to 7. This will be the first G20 Sherpa Meeting in India. The meeting is aimed at fostering growth and building bonds amongst the twenty nations. The Sherpa Meeting of the G20 Summit is a preliminary meeting […]
Hornbill Festival 2022
Hornbill Festival 2022: In Nagaland, the 10-day long Hornbill Festival 2022 will begin on December 1, at Naga heritage village Kisama. The first festival was held in 2000. It is held at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama which is about 12 km from Kohima in Nagaland. It is organized by the State Tourism and Art & […]
