Gender-Neutral School Textbooks: Kerala’s government is promoting gender neutrality by revamping school textbooks to depict men and other family members participating in domestic chores, breaking traditional gender stereotypes. This initiative aims to foster inclusivity among children from an early age. New instructional materials, featuring fathers engaged in kitchen activities traditionally associated with women The initiative […]
Tag: 25th Jun 2024
Digital Payments Intelligence Platform : RBI
Digital Payments Intelligence Platform : RBI The RBI has formed a committee chaired by A.P. Hota to explore a proposal to set up a Digital Payments Intelligence Platform that will harness advanced technologies to mitigate payment fraud risks. Domestic payment frauds surged by 70.64% to Rs 2,604 crore in the six months ending March 2024, […]
National Forensic Infrastructure Enhancement Scheme
National Forensic Infrastructure Enhancement Scheme: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the Central Sector Scheme “National Forensic Infrastructure Enhancement Scheme (NFIES)”. National Forensic Infrastructure Enhancement Scheme aims to enhance forensic infrastructure across the country by establishing off-campus laboratories of the National Forensic […]
National Green Hydrogen Mission : In News
National Green Hydrogen Mission : In News The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has increased the yearly allocation of Green Ammonia for the fertiliser sector from 550,000 to 750,000 tonnes to meet rising demand, enhancing support for Green Hydrogen in India. India launched the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) in January 2023. The […]
High Court Struck Down Bihar 65% Quota Rule
High Court Struck Down Bihar 65% Quota Rule: The Patna High Court struck down the Bihar government’s decision to increase the reservation quota from 50% to 65% for Backward Classes (BC), Extremely Backward Classes (EBC), Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in educational institutions and government jobs. This move by the Bihar government has […]
Reciprocal Exchange Of Logistics Agreement
Reciprocal Exchange Of Logistics Agreement: The India-Russia mutual logistics agreement named the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) is now ready for finalisation. It will facilitate military cooperation between India and Russia, including joint exercises, training, and disaster relief efforts. The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) between India and Russia is a significant administrative […]
Indus Water Treaty
Indus Water Treaty: A Pakistani delegation recently arrived in Jammu as part of ongoing discussions concerning the 1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT). Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is a treaty signed between India and Pakistan regulating the use and distribution of the Indus River system. It was signed by then-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and former Pakistan […]
Kolar Gold Fields : Reviving Gold Mining
Kolar Gold Fields : Reviving Gold Mining The Karnataka government recently cleared a proposal of the Centre for reviving gold mining and auctioning of 13 tailing dumps at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) by the Bharat Gold Mines Ltd. (BGML). Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) is a mining area in the Kolar District of Karnataka, 100 km […]
Stryker Armoured Infantry Combat Vehicles
Stryker Armoured Infantry Combat Vehicles: India and the United States are in advanced talks for the joint manufacture of the latest generation of Stryker armoured infantry combat vehicles (ICVs). The Stryker is a family of eight-wheel-drive combat armoured infantry combat vehicles (ICVs). It is jointly developed by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) Canada and the […]
New Plant Species : Discovered
New Plant Species: Discovered Indian botanists and researchers have discovered two new species of plants from two bio-geographic hotspots of the country the Andaman and Nicobar islands and Arunachal Pradesh. Researchers discovered two new plant species namely Dendrophthoe longensis(from Andaman and Nicobar islands) and Petrocosmea arunachalense (from Arunachal Pradesh). Dendrophthoe longensis is an aerial stem-parasitic […]
