Fortified Rice To Distribute Under Government Programmes: The Union Cabinet has approved a scheme to distribute fortified rice under government programmes. Food Corporation of India and state agencies have already procured 88.65 LMT (lakh tonnes) of fortified rice for supply and distribution. In 2019, the government approved a Centrally sponsored pilot scheme for fortification of […]
Category: Current Affairs
Who Was Har Gobind Khorana?
Har Gobind Khorana: The year 2022 marks the 100th birthday of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Har Gobind Khorana. Born: January 9, 1922, Raipur, India He began research on nucleic acids during a fellowship at the University of Cambridge (1951) under Sir Alexander Todd. He made another contribution to genetics in 1970 when he and his research […]
Hindi Compulsory In The Eight Northeastern States
Hindi Compulsory In The Eight Northeastern States: The Government of India provided that Hindi would be made compulsory up to Class 10 in the eight northeastern states. Hindi is described as “the language of India”. However, the move has been met with protests from various organisations in the Northeast. Also, several south Indian states have […]
Reconstitution Of The Mullaperiyar Dam’s Supervisory Committee
Reconstitution Of The Mullaperiyar Dam’s Supervisory Committee: The Supreme Court ordered the reconstitution of the Mullaperiyar dam’s supervisory committee. The committee will include one technical expert each from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the two States involved in the dispute concerning safety of the dam. The court has empowered the panel with functions and powers on […]
Enhanced Pinaka Mk-I Rocket System
Enhanced Pinaka Mk-I Rocket System: The Enhanced Pinaka Mk-I Rocket System (EPRS) was successfully test fired in the Pokhran range in Rajasthan. As part of the same set of trials, the Area Denial Munition (ADM) was also successfully tested. The tests also validated the performance of different variants of munitions and fuzes that can be […]
What is Coastal Erosion?
Coastal Erosion: The Ministry of Earth Sciences informed the Lok Sabha that of the 6,907.18-km-long coastline of the Indian mainland, about 34% is under varying degrees of erosion, while 26% is of an accretional nature and the remaining 40% is in a stable state. The National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Chennai, an attached office […]
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Birth Anniversary
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Birth Anniversary: Jyotirao Phule was born on Born on 11th April 1827. He was an anti-caste reformer and social activist who along with Savitribai Phule, his wife, worked for the upliftment of children and women of the marginalized communities, and encouraged women’s education. He belonged to Maharashtra and worked hard to eradicate […]
World Doubles Squash Championships
World Doubles Squash Championships: Dipika Pallikal won the mixed doubles and women’s doubles championships at the World Doubles Squash Championships teaming up with Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa respectively. Teaming up with Saurav Ghosal, Dipika first clinched the mixed doubles title with an 11-6, 11-8 win over Alison Waters and Adrian Waller of England. An […]
Madhavpur Mela: Important Points
Gujarat ‘Madhavpur Mela’: President Ramnath Kovind inaugurated the annual Madhavpur Mela. It is a five-day cultural fair that is held in Madhavpur, the coastal village, located 60 kilometers south of Porbandar. This festival celebrates the marriage of Lord Krishna with Rukmini. This marriage is said to have taken place in Madhavpur. It is said that […]
Lingaraj Temple Ordinance
Lingaraj Temple Ordinance: The Central government has told the Odisha government that its ordinance to bring the 11thcentury Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar and its associated temples under a special law is outside the legislative competence of the state legislature. Lingaraj temple is the largest temple in Bhubaneswar. Constructed by King Jajati Keshari in the 10th […]
