Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) Programme: Under the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) programme, the government has given approval for establishing two additional facilities. In 2020, India filled its strategic petroleum reserves in view of the slump in crude prices. The new facilities will be commercial-cum-strategic facilities with a total storage capacity of 6.5 MMT (Million Metric […]
Garib Nawaz Employment Scheme
Garib Nawaz Employment Scheme: The Union Minister for Minority Affairs replied in the Parliament that a total number of 371 training centers under Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme were opened across the country. About Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme: It was launched by the Ministry of Minority Affairs in 2017. Maulana Azad Education Foundation, an autonomous body […]
Typhoon Fabian
Typhoon Fabian: Typhoon In-fa, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Fabian, is an active and very large tropical cyclone inland over China. The system was first noted as an area of low pressure, located east of the Philippines on July 14. Favorable conditions helped the storm to intensify, becoming a tropical depression, two days later […]
National Mission For Clean Ganga (NMCG) : Latest Status
The National Mission For Clean Ganga (NMCG): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), conceived as a ₹20,000-crore programme in 2014 to clean up the river, has so far been allocated ₹15,074 crore. Of this only ₹10,972 crore, or about two-thirds, has been released by the Finance Ministry to the NMCG, a body under the […]
India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves : July 2021
India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $835 million to touch a record high of $612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. According to weekly data from the RBI, forex reserves rose to a record $612.73 billion in the reporting week, helped […]
Kandla SEZ (KASEZ) : First Green SEZ In The Country
KANDLA SEZ (KASEZ): First Green SEZ In The Country.: Kandla becomes first Green SEZ in the country. Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ), the oldest export zone in the country, has become the “first green industrial city” in India to receive a platinum rating under IGBC Green Cities Rating for existing cities in the industrial cities […]
Kargil Vijay Diwas 2021
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 26, 2021, paid tributes to Kargil martyrs on the Vijay Diwas day. Kargil Vijay Diwas is commemorated every 26th July in India, to observe India’s victory over Pakistan in the War of 1999 for the ejecting the Pakistani Forces from the mountain tops of Northern Kargil […]
Immigration Bill 2021 : Important Points
Immigration Bill 2021: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) invited public inputs to the Immigration Bill 2021. The Bill presents a long overdue opportunity to reform the recruitment process for nationals seeking employment abroad. Key Features of the Bill: The Bill intends to replace the Emigration Act of 1983. The Bill envisages comprehensive emigration management, […]
Cutlass Express 2021 Exercise
Exercise Cutlass Express 2021: Indian Naval Ship Talwar participated in a multinational training exercise Cutlass Express 2021, being conducted along the East Coast of Africa. The exercise is an annual maritime exercise conducted to promote national and regional maritime security in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. The 2021 edition of the exercise involves […]
Monkeypox Disease
Monkeypox: The US started surveillance on people travelling from Nigeria, who may have had contact with the individuals infected with Monkeypox. It is a viral zoonotic disease (transmission from animals to humans) and is identified as a pox-like disease among monkeys hence it is named Monkeypox. It is endemic to Nigeria. It is caused by […]
