50% Of Rural Households Covered Under The Jal Jeevan Mission: 50% of rural households in India have now been covered under the Jal Jeevan Mission. At the time of launch of Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019, only 3.23 Crore households i.e. 17% of the rural population had access to drinking water through taps. Certain state […]
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Permanent Indus Commission Meeting : Indus Water Treaty
Indus Water Treaty: India and Pakistan have begun another round of the Permanent Indus Commission meeting that is held annually under Indus Water Treaty (IWT) 1960. The Indus talks have survived the freeze in ties as both countries see it as mandatory under the IWT. Under the provisions of the treaty, the two sides are […]
Top Sugar Producing States of India
Top Sugar Producing States: After a five-year gap, Maharashtra has overtaken Uttar Pradesh to regain its position as India’s top sugar producer. The state’s output for the 2021-22 crushing year (October-September) is expected at 138 lakh tonnes (lt). That is an all-time-high, beating the previous 107.21 lt of 2018-19. This record production is attributed to […]
PARAM ANANTA India’s Latest Super Computer
PARAM ANANTA India’s Latest Super Computer PARAM ANANTA is India’s latest super computer. It has 838 TeraFlops supercomputing capability. It was commissioned at IIT Gandhinagar under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) It has been developed jointly by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar. Param Ananta will rank […]
What Are Startup Unicorns?
What Are Unicorns? The number of unicorns in India reached the 100-mark. The total valuation of these unicorns is USD 330 billion, that is over Rs 25 lakh crore. The average annual growth rate of Indian unicorns is more than that of the U.S., the U.K. and many other countries. India has become the third-largest […]
The International Day Of UN Peacekeepers
The International Day Of UN Peacekeepers: The International Day of UN Peacekeepers was observed on May 29, 2022. This year, the theme is People Peace Progress: The Power of Partnerships. For the past two decades on this day, UN Peacekeepers, also known as the Blue Helmets, are remembered by the world for their role in […]
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus: The Kerala health department is on alert after the death of a 47-year-old from Thrissur due to the West Nile Virus. The virus was first reported in the state in Alappuzha in 2006 and then in Ernakulam in 2011. The West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne, single-stranded RNA virus. It is “a […]
Connectivity Projects In Northeast India
Connectivity Projects In Northeast India: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Centre is implementing various rail, road and air connectivity projects worth ₹1,34,200 crore in Northeast India. Addressing the “Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence (NADI)” conclave here, she said the Union government had been pumping in huge money to develop a number of […]
China Building a Second Bridge On The Pangong Tso Lake
China Building a Second Bridge On The Pangong Tso Lake: The Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed that China is building a second bridge on the Pangong Tso lake. The site of the bridge is around 20 km east of Finger 8 on the lake’s north bank – where the Line of Actual Control (LAC) […]
Informal Sector Workers In India
Informal Sector Workers In India: According to the latest data, as many as 27.69 crore informal sector workers are registered on the e-shram portal. Over 94% of 27.69 crore informal sector workers registered on the e-Shram portal have a monthly income of Rs 10,000 or below and over 74% of the enrolled workforce belongs to […]
