Sindhutai Sapkal: Renowned social worker Sindhutai Sapkal, fondly known as ‘orphan children’s mother’, died following a heart attack. Sapkal, who had received the Padma Shri last year, had completed 74 years in November. Born on November 14, 1948, in Wardha district of Maharashtra, Sapkal was forced to drop out of school after she had passed […]
Category: Current Affairs
IHU Variant Of Covid-19
IHU Variant Of Covid-19: Even as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to infect people in large numbers across the world, news about the emergence of another highly-mutated variant spread rapidly on January 4, 2022, raising fears of yet another wave of infections. This variant, B.1.640, has been found mostly in France so far, […]
Who was Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman?
Prime Minister Inaugurated The New Integrated Terminal Building Of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport: The Prime Minister inaugurated the New Integrated Terminal Building of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport and launched key initiatives like Mukhyamantri Tripura Gram Samridhi Yojana and Project Mission 100 of Vidyajyoti Schools. The inauguration of the new terminal is seen as […]
What are Bioenergy Crops?
Bioenergy Crops: A new study has found that converting annual crops to perennial bioenergy crops can induce a cooling effect on the areas where they are cultivated. The researchers simulated the biophysical climate impact of a range of future bioenergy crop cultivation scenarios. Eucalyptus, poplar, willow, miscanthus and switchgrass were the bioenergy crops used in […]
What is Aquamation?
Aquamation: The Nobel Peace Prize winner Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu died. He was very passionate about protecting the environment and taking necessary actions. In concurrence of his passion to save the environment, his body underwent aquamation, a green alternative to traditional cremation methods. The process of aquamation uses energy which is five […]
CCTV Cameras and Right To Privacy
Right To Privacy: A Judge of the Madras High Court has said that a recent order passed by another judge of the same court, mandating the installation of CCTV cameras inside spas [massage and therapy centres], appears to run counter to the Supreme Court’s landmark judgement in K.S. Puttaswamy case (2017). In this case, the […]
Extension of GST Compensation Scheme
GST Compensation: Finance Ministers of several States have demanded that the GST compensation scheme be extended beyond June 2022. The adoption of GST was made possible by States ceding almost all their powers to impose local-level indirect taxes and agreeing to let the prevailing multiplicity of imposts be subsumed into the GST. This was agreed […]
Sudan’s Abdalla Hamdok Has Resigned As Prime Minister
Sudan’s Abdalla Hamdok Has Resigned As Prime Minister: Sudan’s Abdalla Hamdok has resigned as prime minister, six weeks after returning to his post following a military coup in October. The move deepens uncertainty around Sudan’s political future and a transition towards elections since the 2019 downfall of long-serving ruler Omar al-Bashir. Hamdok had served as […]
Small-Value Digital Payments In Offline Mode
Small-Value Digital Payments In Offline Mode: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with the framework for facilitating small-value digital payments in offline mode, a move that would promote digital payments in semi-urban and rural areas. The framework incorporates feedback received from the pilot experiments on offline transactions conducted in different parts of […]
Single Board Computers
Single Board Computers: On December 21, NASA launched into space a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which carried the Dragon 2 spacecraft loaded with various equipment for astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS). The launch marked the 24th cargo mission of billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company to the ISS for the space agency. Nestled […]
