National Snakebite Awareness Summit: National Snakebite Awareness Summit was recently organised in virtual mode by the Integrated Health and Wellbeing Council, New Delhi. The summit was held on the eve of the International Snakebite Awareness Day, observed on 19 September every year. India is registering an alarming number of deaths due to snakebite. Most of […]
Tag: 22nd Sep 2021
What Is a Sea Snot?
What Is A Sea Snot? The sea snot that dominated the landlocked Marmara Sea earlier this year is nowhere to be seen on the surface nowadays, but its fallout appears to be bigger than experts initially hoped. Impact of sea snot: Overall, 60% of species have already disappeared. The layers have sunk and are beginning […]
NCRB Data On Offences Against State
NCRB Data On Offences Against State: As per the latest data released by NCRB: Manipur, Assam and Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of cases under ‘Offences against State’ in 2020. However, there was a decline in the overall number of cases registered — 5,613 cases (26.7 per cent) in 2020 as against 7,656 cases […]
IPO Grey Market
Grey Market: There were few articles recently mentioning about Grey Market. Traders are interested in grey market stocks because it can be a way of taking advantage of movements in the company’s share price before it has actually listed. Also, any activity is usually taken as an indicator for the direction the stock price will […]
India – Saudi Arabia Bilateral Meeting
Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister’s Visit: The Indian External Affairs Minister met the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. About the Meeting: Cooperation in Multilateral Forums: Discussed bilateral cooperation in multilateral forums such as the United Nations, G-20 and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). India is not a member of GCC. Implementation of the Strategic […]
Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 in Jammu and Kashmir
Forest Rights Act: The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to implement the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, which will elevate the socio-economic status of a sizable section of the 14-lakh-strong population of tribals and nomadic communities. FRA enacted in 2006 recognises the rights of forest-dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest […]
Mount Kun
Mount Kun: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh flagged-in, in New Delhi on September 20, 2021, a team of National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports (NIMAS) Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, which completed a mountaineering expedition to Mount Kun (7,077 metres). The team, led by Institute Director Colonel Sarfraz Singh, conducted the expedition to the Nun-Kun Mountain […]
Plant Discoveries 2020: Botanical Survey of India
Plant Discoveries 2020: The Botanical Survey of India, in its new publication Plant Discoveries 2020 has added 267 new taxa/ species to the country’s flora. The 267 new discoveries include 119 angiosperms; 3 pteridophytes; 5 bryophytes, 44 lichens; 57 fungi, 21 algae and 18 microbes. In 2020, 202 new plant species were discovered across the […]
Exercise Samudra Shakti 2021
Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’: Indian Naval Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt arrived at Jakarta, Indonesia on 18 September 2021 to participate in the 3rd edition of Bilateral Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ with the Indonesian Navy scheduled off the approaches to Sunda Strait from 20 Sep to 22 September, 2021. The exercise aims to strengthen the bilateral relationship, enhance […]
3rd State Food Safety Index 2021
3rd State Food Safety Index: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya released Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare felicitated nine leading States/UTs based on […]
