Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022: The Government of India has prepared the draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022 to consolidate and amend the laws relating to ports. The draft bill seeks to repeal and replace the existing the Indian Ports Act, 1908. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has issued Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022 for […]
Tag: 20th Aug 2022
Har Ghar Jal Utsav
Har Ghar Jal Utsav: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address the Har Ghar Jal Utsav on August 19, 2022 which is being held in Goa under the Jal Jeevan Mission. Goa is the first State to achieve 100 per cent Har Ghar Jal certification. Goa has become the first Har Ghar Jal certified State […]
Pandemic Treaty
Pandemic Treaty: WHO had established an intergovernmental negotiating body to draft and negotiate a Pandemic treaty. WHO says it will be ready in the next 18 months and help prevent future global health disasters. About Pandemic Treaty: In December 2021, the Health Assembly adopted a decision titled “The World Together” at its second special session […]
West Nile virus
West Nile virus: The New York City Health Department announced that the West Nile virus had been detected in two people, one in Brooklyn and another in Queens, as well as in a “record number” of infected mosquitoes throughout the city. West Nile Virus (WNV) can cause neurological disease and death in people. WNV is […]
Tasmanian Tiger
Tasmanian Tiger: Scientists in the US and Australia have embarked on a $15-million project to resurrect the thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial that went extinct in the 1930s, using gene-editing technology. Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), the only animal in the Thylacinidae family to survive in modern times, was a marsupial mammal that raises young […]
First Completely “Functionally Literate”District In India
First Completely “Functionally Literate”District In India: Tribal-dominated Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh has become the first completely “functionally literate” district in India. Functional illiteracy comprises reading and writing skills that are required to manage daily living and employment tasks. Such tasks require reading skills beyond the basic level. It is the opposite of illiteracy, which […]
Megalodon
Megalodon: Using fossil evidence to create a three-dimensional model, researchers have found new evidence about the life of one of the biggest predatory animals of all time — the Megalodon. Megalodons roamed the oceans an estimated 23 million to 2.6 million years ago. Megalodon could “completely ingest, and in as few as five bites,” a […]
