Cabinet Endorses National Mission to Enhance Oilseed Production: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oilseeds (NMEO-Oilseeds), a landmark initiative aimed at boosting domestic oilseed production and achieving self-reliance (Atmanirbhar Bharat) in edible oils.
Category: Current Affairs
India’s Forex Reserves Surpass $700 Billion Milestone for the First Time
India’s Forex Reserves Surpass $700 Billion Milestone for the First Time: India’s foreign exchange reserves have exceeded $700 billion for the first time, reaching $704.89 billion in the week ending September 27, 2024. This marks a record increase of $12.58 billion, with foreign currency assets (FCAs) rising by $10.4 billion to $616 billion and gold […]
Federal Bank Teams Up with Bhashini to Add Vernacular Support to Chatbot Feddy
Federal Bank Teams Up with Bhashini to Add Vernacular Support to Chatbot Feddy: Federal Bank has signed an MoU with Bhashini, an AI-powered language translation platform, to integrate vernacular language support into its AI chatbot, Feddy. This collaboration, inspired by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub’s (RBIH) initiative for local language banking, aims to make banking […]
EAM Jaishankar to Visit Pakistan for SCO Meeting After 9 Years
EAM Jaishankar to Visit Pakistan for SCO Meeting After 9 Years: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will lead India’s delegation to Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Heads of Government meeting in Islamabad on October 15-16, 2024.
Negro River : Dropped To Its Lowest Level
Negro River : Dropped To Its Lowest Level One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries, the Negro River, has dropped to its lowest level in 122 years, Brazil’s geological service recently. The Rio Negro is one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon River. It is also one of the world’s largest rivers in terms […]
Pseumenes siangensis
Pseumenes siangensis: Entomologists recently discovered a new species of potter wasp from Arunachal Pradesh, named Pseumenes siangensis. Pseumenes siangensis is a new species of wasp belonging to the genus Pseumenes. The genus Pseumenes belongs to the subfamily Eumeninae, commonly called potter wasps. It is primarily distributed across the Oriental region. These are solitary wasps identified […]
Charon : Study
Charon : Study Scientists have detected the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Pluto’s largest moon, ‘Charon’. Charon is the largest of Pluto’s five moons, about half the size of Pluto. It was discovered telescopically on June 22, 1978, by James W. Christy and Robert S. Harrington at the U.S. Naval Observatory station in […]
European Union Deforestation Regulation
European Union Deforestation Regulation: Giving relief to exporters of certain products, the European Commission has proposed to extend the implementation of its deforestation regulation by one year. European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was scheduled to commence on 30 December 2024. It has been introduced to limit the EU market’s impact on global deforestation/forest degradation and […]
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS: Without India doing a large part of the heavy lifting, it is unlikely that the world will meet the Sustainable Development Goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, UNAIDS director for the Asia Pacific said recently. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is an […]
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: India has strongly rejected a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which flagged “increasing abuses” against religious minorities in the country. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government agency. It was created by the 1998 International […]
