Mammatus Clouds : Picture Released By NASA NASA released a Picture of the day which was Mammatus Clouds. Mammatus is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds. Mammatus may appear as smooth, ragged or lumpy […]
Tag: 18th Feb 2023
Aadi Mahotsav : Inauguration
Aadi Mahotsav : Inauguration The Prime Minister of India inaugurated the tribal festival “Aadi Mahotsav”, a two-week-long exhibition in New Delhi. The Mahotsav celebrates the spirit of tribal culture, crafts, cuisine, commerce and traditional art is an annual initiative of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation Limited (TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. TRIFED […]
First Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Framework : Puducherry
First Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Framework : Puducherry Puducherry has launched the country’s first Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) framework as part of a pact under the Indo-Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative. Puducherry and Lakshadweep were chosen as coastlines to pilot the MSP initiative after a 2019 Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and Norway. Marine Spatial […]
MQ-9B Sea Guardian
MQ-9B Sea Guardian: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will provide Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services for engines of US’s MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft System as India is in discussions to buy 30 MQ-9B drones to enhance its surveillance capabilities along the China border and the Indian Ocean region. In another announcement, Germany based HENSOLDT and […]
National Organ Transplantation Guidelines
National Organ Transplantation Guidelines: The Central Government has recently made major changes in the organ transplant regulations in the country under its ‘one nation, one policy’ rule by removing the 65-year age cap for recipients and allowing them to register in any state and not just their state. The primary legislation governing organ transplantation in […]
Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744)
Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744): Astronomers have recently revealed the latest deep field image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744). Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744): It is a giant galaxy cluster. It appears to be the result of a simultaneous pile-up of at […]
Primary Agricultural Credit Societies : Approved
Primary Agricultural Credit Societies : Approved Union Cabinet recently approved the establishment of new Primary Agricultural Credit Society in 2 lakh panchayats in the next five years. PACS are village-level cooperative credit societies that serve as the last link in a three-tier cooperative credit structure headed by the State Cooperative Banks (SCB) at the state […]
Payment Aggregator Licenses : RBI
Payment Aggregator Licenses : RBI Payment Aggregator (PA) is a third-party service provider that allows merchants to accept payment from customers by integrating it into their websites or apps. It facilitates different types of payment transactions, including cash/cheque, online payments through multiple payment sources, or offline touchpoints. It allows merchants to accept bank transfers without […]
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) : India’s Ranking
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) : India’s Ranking In the recent services trade restrictiveness index (STRI), India’s rank improved a notch to 47 from 48 among 50 countries surveyed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Highlights of the Survey: The 2022 STRI of India is above the OECD average and high compared […]
Thyreus narendrani : New Species Of Cuckoo Bee
Thyreus narendrani : New Species Of Cuckoo Bee Researchers from Kerala has been discovered a new species of cuckoo bee from the Kole wetlands and named it Thyreus narendrani. Thyreus narendrani: The new species belongs to the family Apidae of the order Hymenoptera. The genus Thyreus consists of cuckoo bees or cleptoparasitic bees. Cuckoo bees […]
