Performance Grading Index (PGI) For 2020-21: The Ministry of Education has recently released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for States and Union Territories for 2020-21. It is a unique index for evidence-based comprehensive analysis of school education systems across States and UTs. The prime objective of PGI is to promote evidence-based policy-making and highlight course […]
Tag: 4th Nov 2022
Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Interceptor AD-1 Missile
Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Interceptor AD-1 Missile: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The AD-1 is a long-range interceptor missile designed for both low exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric interception of […]
The International Day For Biosphere Reserves
The International Day For Biosphere Reserves: November 3 will be the first ‘The International Day for Biosphere Reserves’, to be celebrated beginning 2022. Biosphere Reserve (BR) is an international designation by UNESCO for representative parts of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large area of terrestrial or coastal/marine ecosystems or a combination thereof. They are […]
Coronal Holes Spotted On The Sun
Coronal Holes Spotted On The Sun: A phenomenon called “coronal holes” was recently spotted on the sun. These are regions on the sun’s surface from where fast solar wind gushes out into space. Because they contain little solar material, they have lower temperatures and thus appear much darker than their surroundings. Here, the magnetic field […]
Two-Finger Test
Two-Finger Test: The Supreme Court recently said that those conducting the ‘two-finger test’ on alleged rape victims will be held guilty of misconduct. A woman who has been sexually assaulted undergoes a medical examination for ascertaining her health and medical needs, collection of evidence, etc. The two-finger test, carried out by a medical practitioner, involves […]
Paediatric Rare Genetic Disorders (PraGeD)
Paediatric Rare Genetic Disorders (PraGeD): The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad has initiated an inter-disciplinary approach to decode the genetic mutations that causes Pediatric Rare Genetic Disorders (PRaGeD). The ‘Mission on Paediatric Rare Genetic Disorders (PraGeD)’ is a PAN-India initiative funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and technology, […]
C-295 Transport Aircraft
C-295 Transport Aircraft: Prime Minister of India has laid the foundation stone for the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara to be set up by Airbus Defence and Space S.A., Spain and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL). This is the first time a private sector company would be manufacturing a full aircraft in the […]
Niveshak Didi Initiative
Niveshak Didi Initiative: India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) conducted India’s First Floating Financial Literacy Camp with an initiative called ‘Niveshak Didi’ to promote Financial Literacy ‘By the women, for the women’, in Srinagar, J&K. Niveshak Didi Initiative is based on the ideology of women for women, as rural area women feel more comfortable to share […]
Ela Ramesh Bhatt : Gandhian Activist
Ela Ramesh Bhatt : Gandhian Activist Ela Ramesh Bhatt, popularly known as Elaben, a noted Gandhian, leading women’s empowerment activist, and renowned founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) passed away recently. Born in Ahmedabad in 1933, she studied law and joined the legal cell of the Majur Mahajan Sangh or the Textile Labour Association […]
Rhino Horns Are Shrinking
Rhino Horns Are Shrinking: According to a study, published in the latest edition of People and Nature by the British Ecological Society, the horns of rhinoceroses may have become smaller over time from the impact of hunting. One-horned Rhinos Also known as Indian rhino, it is the largest of the rhino species. It is identified […]
