World No Tobacco Day Every year, on 31st May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The theme for World No Tobacco Day 2021 is “Commit to Quit”. The WHO has honored Indian Union health minister Harsh Vardhan with Director-General Special award for his efforts to control […]
Tag: 2nd Jun 2021
The Second Negative Import List : Defence Ministry
The Second Negative Import List: The Defence Ministry: The Defence Ministry has notified the second negative import list — now renamed as the ‘positive indigenisation list’ — of 108 items that can now be only purchased from indigenous sources. The new list takes the total number on the list to 209. The list comprises […]
5G Technology and Radiations
5G technology: Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla has moved the Delhi High Court seeking a scientific study on any adverse effects of radio-frequency radiation emitted by cellular telecommunications using 5G technology on ‘health, life, organ or limb of adult or child, or to flora and fauna’ before its official rollout in the country. 5G is […]
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2021
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: Delegates at the 74th World Health Assembly unanimously adopted a proposal by the United Arab Emirates. to declare January 30 as ‘World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day’’. Neglected Tropical Diseases are infections that are most common among marginalized communities in the developing regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. […]
Supreme Court on Sedition Law
It Is Time To Define The Limits of Sedition: SC: The Supreme Court has said, “it is time to define the limits of sedition”. The observation was made while dealing with the writ petitions filed by two news channels seeking the quashing of FIR and contempt petitions. The Andhra Government had slapped charges against […]
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP)
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP): To ensure holistic growth of horticulture, Union Minister of Agriculture launched the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP). In a pilot phase, the programme will be implemented in 12 horticulture clusters covering 11 States/UTs out of the total 53 clusters selected for the programme. It is a central sector programme. […]
What is AmbiTAG?
AmbiTAG: Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar (IIT Ropar) in Punjab has developed “AmbiTAG”- India’s first indigenous temperature data logger for cold chain management. AmbiTag is a first-of-its-kind IoT device that records real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products, vaccines and even body organs and blood. That recorded temperature further helps to know […]
PLI Scheme For Key Starting Materials (KSMs) and APIs
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme For KSM/Drug Intermediates and API The Department of Pharmaceuticals has accorded approvals under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Promotion of Domestic Manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials (KSMs)/ Drug Intermediates and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). The Department of Pharmaceuticals has launched this scheme with an objective to attain […]
GDP Contracted By 7.3% In 2020-21
GDP Contracted By 7.3% In 2020-21: India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 7.3% in 2020-21, as per provisional National Income estimates released by the National Statistical Office. GDP growth in 2019-20, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, was 4%. The Gross Value Added (GVA) in the economy shrank 6.2% in 2020-21, compared to a […]
Second Positive Indigenisation List in Defence Sector
Second Positive Indigenisation List: Ministry of Defence (MoD) has notified the ‘Second Positive Indigenisation List’ of 108 items to promote indigenization in the Defence sector and defense exports. This will give a further boost to indigenization with the active participation of the public and private sectors for fulfilling the twin objectives of achieving self-reliance […]
