Largest Exporter Of Gherkins In The World: India India has emerged as the largest exporter of gherkins in the world. India has crossed the USD 200 million mark of export of agricultural processed product, – pickling cucumber, which is globally referred as gherkins or cornichons, in the last financial year. Gherkins are exported under two […]
Category: Current Affairs
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Non-Fungible Tokens: French luxury fashion brand Hermès is suing American digital artist Mason Rothschild who created the MetaBirkins series of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), a rapidly growing part of the cryptoworld. An NFT is a unique, irreplaceable token that can be used to prove ownership of digital assets such as music, artwork, even tweets and memes. […]
Amar Jawan Jyoti
Amar Jawan Jyoti: The government has put out the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate and merged it with the one instituted at the National War Memorial in 2019 a few hundred meters away. The eternal flame at the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate in central Delhi was an […]
National Single Window System (NSWS)
National Single Window System (NSWS): The Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal has said simplicity of operations and transparency should be the focus of the National Single Window System (NSWS). The digital platform of NSWS facilitates investors to identify and apply for approvals. It supports information across 32 Central Ministries/ Departments and the […]
Online Storage Management (OSM)
Online Storage Management (OSM): The Department of Food and Public Distribution under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution with its principal agency, FCI, has developed a roadmap to roll out Online Storage Management (OSM) in the country. The OSM envisages putting in place a single source of information for the food grains stored […]
4th Asia Ministerial Conference On Tiger Conservation
Fourth Asia Ministerial Conference On Tiger Conservation: Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav delivers India’s statement at the Fourth Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation, an important event for reviewing progress towards the Global Tiger Recovery Programme and commitments to tiger conservation. The Government of Malaysia and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) organized […]
Roof Top Scheme
Roof Top Scheme: The Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R.K Singh reviewed the progress of the Roof Top Scheme on 19th January 2022 After the review, the Minister gave directions for simplifying the Roof Top Scheme, so that the people are able to access it easily. He has directed that […]
Beating the Retreat Ceremony: Drone Show
Beating the Retreat Ceremony: Union Minister of Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said, Botlab Dynamics Private Limited, a start-up supported by Technology Development Board, under DST and incubated at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi will light up the sky with 1000 Drones Light Show at ‘Beating the Retreat Ceremony’ on 29th January. India will […]
Statue of Equality: World’s Second-Largest Statue
World’s Second-Largest Statue (Statue of Equality): PM Narendra Nodi is all set to unveil the world’s second-largest statue (Statue of Equality) The 216-foot-tall statue of 11nth-century social reformer and saint, Ramanujacharya will be in a sitting position. The world’s second tallest statue in a sitting position is made up of ‘panchaloha’, meaning a combination of […]
Chandrayaan-3
Chandrayaan-3: New ISRO Chief had said that design changes on Chandrayaan-3 have been incorporated and testing has seen huge progress. The mission could be launched by the middle of next year. About Chandrayaan 3: Chandrayaan-3 will be a mission repeat of Chandrayaan-2 but will only include a lander and rover similar to that of Chandrayaan-2. […]
