Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign: Spending on ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign declared CSR activity under Companies Act. Corporate Affairs Ministry has said that companies can spend their Corporate Social Responsibility CSR funds for activities related to the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign. The Ministry said spending of CSR funds for the activities related to this campaign such […]
Category: Current Affairs
Suspending An MP
Suspending An MP: Nineteen opposition members were suspended from Rajya Sabha for a week on July 26, provoking Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien to say that the government had turned Parliament into a “deep, dark chamber”. The general principle is that it is the role and duty of the Presiding Officer — Speaker of Lok […]
Swadesh Darshan Scheme
Swadesh Darshan Scheme: The Ministry of Tourism has revamped its Swadesh Darshan scheme as Swadesh Darshan 2.0 (SD2.0) with an aim to develop sustainable and responsible infrastructure at destinations. Swadesh Darshan Scheme was launched in 2014-15 for integrated development of theme-based tourist circuits — Buddhist Circuit, Coastal Circuit, Desert Circuit, Eco Circuit, Heritage Circuit, Northeast […]
MIST Submarine Cable System
MIST Submarine Cable System: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recommended MIST (Myanmar/Malaysia-India-Singapore Transit) Submarine Cable System for Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance. This will be the 17th such Optical Fibre Cable System to land in Mumbai and is expected to be ready for service in 2023 MIST is an international submarine cable […]
International Space Station
International Space Station: Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s new space chief Yuri Borisov said amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. Borisov’s statement reaffirmed previous declarations by Russian space officials about Moscow’s intention […]
Suryamitra Skill Development Programme
Suryamitra Skill Development Programme: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing Suryamitra Skill Development Programme through National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurugram since Financial Year 2015-16. Objective is to train youth of age above 18 years as solar PV technicians for installation, operation and maintenance of solar power projects. Up to June 2022, a […]
India Has Added Five More Ramsar Sites
India Has Added Five More Ramsar Sites: India has added five more Ramsar sites, or wetlands of international importance, bringing the number of such sites to 54. New Ramsar Sites: Karikili Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu): The sanctuary is spread over a five-kilometre-wide belt and is home to cormorants, egrets, grey heron, open-billed stork, darter, spoonbill, […]
Draft Medical Devices Bill
Draft Medical Devices Bill: The Union Health Ministry released a draft of the proposed Drugs Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022 which would replace the existing Drugs and Cosmetics Act,1940, and other several rules. It focuses on creating a separate regulation for medical devices, which makes provision for fines and imprisonment for injury and death […]
6th Meeting Of National Association Of Street Vendors Of India (NASVI)
6th Meeting Of National Association Of Street Vendors Of India (NASVI): The Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs addressed the 6th meeting of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) with the theme as “From Encroachers to Self-Employed”. Street Vendor is a person who offers goods for sale to the public at large without […]
Climate Finance
Climate Finance: The UNFCCC COP26 President, Alok Sharma, visited India to discuss India’s implementation of its COP 26 commitments. He also stated that a mechanism is being put in place to achieve the target of climate financing USD 100 billion by 2023. Climate Finance: It refers to local, national, or transnational financing—drawn from public, private […]
