Snow Leopard: WWE Report: The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) has released a report titled “Over 100 Years of Snow Leopard Research — A spatially explicit review of the state of knowledge in the snow leopard range”. Key findings: More than 70 per cent habitat of the snow leopard, over 12 Asian countries, remains […]
Tag: 19th May 2021
US Global Entry Program
US Global Entry Program: Indian security agencies in the past two years checked the antecedents of more than 9,000 Indians who wanted to enroll for the US’ Global Entry Program. The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) is being used for antecedent verification. Key Points Global Entry is a US Customs and Border […]
Electoral Bonds : Latest Data
Electoral Bonds: The Electoral Bonds worth Rs. 695.34 crore were sold during elections to the Assemblies of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal, Assam, and Kerala. The amount sold was the highest-ever for any Assembly elections since the scheme started in 2018. Electoral Bond is a financial instrument for making donations to political parties. The bonds […]
Medicine From The Sky Project : Telangana
Medicine From The Sky Project: Telangana: The Telangana government has selected 16 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) for pilot testing the ambitious ‘Medicine from the sky’, the first-of-its-kind project. The project involves the delivery of medicines through multiple drones. The project is being launched following the approval granted by the Civil Aviation Ministry. The Ministry has […]
Change In The Storage Of Covid Vaccines
Change In The Storage Of Covid Vaccines: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended a change to the approved storage conditions of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine which changes the way these vaccines are handled in vaccination centers across the European Union (EU). With the new recommendations, an unopened thawed vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can be […]
Naming Of Coronavirus Variants : WHO
Naming Of Coronavirus Variants: WHO: The World Health Organization (WHO) would unveil a system of the naming of coronavirus variants drawn from the way tropical storms are named, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan says. The initiative, similar to how hurricanes are labeled, seeks to remove the stigma. It will also be easier for the lay […]
Customs Rules Changes 2021
Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules: Changes: The Government has brought changes in the existing Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, IGCR 2017 to boost trade facilitation. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has introduced changes through the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate […]
Long Working Hours Led To Death : Environment International
Long Working Hours Led To Death: Long working hours led to 7.45 lakh deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29% increase since 2000, according to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) published in Environment International. In a first global analysis of the […]
Wakf Act, 1954 – Important Points
Waqf: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Tuesday condemned the demolition of a mosque in a tehsil compound in the Barabanki district by the administration, terming it a “patently illegal and high-handed action” and demanded its restoration. The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (or U.P. Sunni Waqf Board) is a body constituted […]
International Museum Day 2021
International Museum Day 2021: Culture Ministry organized a panel discussion on the occasion of International Museum Day 2021. International Museum Day falls on 18 May every year. The objective of International Museum Day, as declared by the International Council of Museums(ICOM), is to raise awareness about the fact that, “Museums are an important means of […]
