India’s First Pure Green Hydrogen Plant : Jorhat India’s first pure green hydrogen plant commissioned in Jorhat. Oil India Limited (OIL) has taken the first significant step towards Green Hydrogen Economy in India with the commissioning of India’s First 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant, with an installed capacity of 10 kg per day at […]
Category: Current Affairs
What Are The Naga Ceasefire Agreements?
What Are The Naga Ceasefire Agreements? The centre has extended the ceasefire agreements between the Central government and three Naga groups by a year which was signed on 19th April 2022. The Naga groups include National Socialist Council of Nagaland-NK (NSCN-NK), National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Reformation (NSCN-R) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland-K-Khango (NSCN-K-Khango). All […]
Pre-Eruption Warning Signals At Volcanoes
Pre-Eruption Warning Signals At Volcanoes: New research detected pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes, majorly from New Zealand. Every volcano behaves differently, some have crater lakes while others are “dry”, they have diverse magmas and rise to different elevations. Despite these differences volcanoes such as Whakaari, Ruapehu and Tongariro in […]
Mugger Crocodile
Mugger Crocodile: The Indian Railways has delivered water to Pali district in western Rajasthan to ensure survival of Mugger Crocodile or Marsh Crocodile as the region’s water bodies have dried up due to a hot March. Scientific Name: Crocodylus palustris Description: An egg-laying and hole-nesting species, also known to be dangerous. Habitat: Mainly restricted to […]
Fincluvation
Fincluvation: India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a 100% government owned entity under Department of Posts (DoP) announced the launch of Fincluvation– a joint initiative to collaborate with Fintech Startup community to co-create and innovate solutions for financial inclusion. Fincluvation is an Industry first initiative to create a powerful platform to mobilize the start-up community towards […]
Prime Minister’s Awards For Excellence In Public Administration
Prime Minister’s Awards For Excellence In Public Administration: Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration have been instituted with a view to recognize the extraordinary and innovative work done by Districts/implementing units and Central/State organisations for the welfare of common citizens. They are also conferred for effective implementation of identified priority programs and innovation. […]
Dr. Ambedkar Centres Of Excellence (DACE) Scheme
Dr. Ambedkar Centres Of Excellence (DACE) Scheme: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment and Chairman of Dr. Ambedkar Foundation (DAF) Dr. Virendra Kumar will launch the Dr. Ambedkar Centres of Excellence (DACE) Scheme Pan India from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi on 22.04.2022. Ambedkar Foundation (DAF), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, […]
International Financial Services Centres Authority
International Financial Services Centres Authority: International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), has notified a comprehensive regulatory framework for Investment Funds in the official gazette on April 19, 2022. Registering the Fund Management Entity: A Fund Management Entity will be registered with IFSCA and will be able to manage different types of funds and schemes subject […]
Integrated Command And Control Centres
Integrated Command And Control Centres: The government has announced that 80 of the 100 planned Integrated Command and Control Centres have been set up, with the rest to be completed by August 15. The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) includes setting up ICCCs for each city as a vital step. They are designed to enable authorities […]
Announcement On Setting Up 75 Digital Banking
Announcement On Setting Up 75 Digital Banking: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reiterated her Budget announcement on setting up 75 digital banking units in 75 districts of the country this year. This is to take forward the government’s agenda of digital financial inclusion. Digital banking involves taking all traditional banking activity online — doing away […]
