Mission Director Of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM): Dr Chintan Vaishnav: Noted socio-technologist Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed the mission director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the government’s flagship initiative under NITI Aayog. Vaishnav will take over from Ramanathan Ramanan later this month. Ramanan has been leading AIM as its first mission director since June […]
Tag: 7th Apr 2021
What is SUPACE? Supreme Court’s AI Portal
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Based Portal ‘SUPACE’: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based portal ‘SUPACE’ in the judicial system aimed at assisting judges with legal research. SUPACE is short for Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency. Earlier, the E-Courts Project was conceptualized on the basis of “National Policy […]
World Economic Outlook 2021 Forecast
International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook: The latest edition of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook has raised its Financial Year (FY) 2021 growth forecast for India to 12.5% from 11.5% estimated earlier in January 2021. Indian economy is expected to grow by 12.5% in 2021 and 6.9% in 2022. In 2020, […]
Shitalakhsya River is a Tributary of
Cargo Vessel Sank In The Shitalakhsya River In Narayanganj In Bangladesh: A Bangladesh ferry carrying around 50 passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank in the Shitalakhsya River in Narayanganj in Bangladesh, leaving at least 26 people dead. Shitalakshya River Shitalakshya River (also known as Lakhya River) is a distributary of the Brahmaputra. In […]
Direct Payment Of Minimum Support Price : Jamabandhi System
Direct Payment Of Minimum Support Price: After the recent orders from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the farm unions warned that the Centre’s insistence on direct payment of Minimum Support Price (MSP) could derail the crop procurement process. The Centre wants to make direct online MSP payment to farmers’ bank accounts, to remove middlemen […]
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) : Modified Guidelines
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Modified Guidelines: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has modified the guidelines pertaining to the transfer and posting of officials in the vigilance units of government organisations, restricting their tenure to three years at one place. There are 3 principal actors at the national level in the fight against corruption: the […]
World Health Day 2021 : Theme
World Health Day: World Health Day is celebrated on April 07, 2021. The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO). Since 1950, World Health Day is held annually on April 7. The date of April 7 marks the […]
National Super Computing Mission : Latest Update
National Super Computing Mission (NSM): India is fast emerging a leader in high power computing with the National Super Computing Mission (NSM). The National Supercomputing Mission was launched to enhance the research capacities and capabilities in the country by connecting them to form a Supercomputing grid, with National Knowledge Network (NKN) as the backbone. The […]
Russian Legislation in News : Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the legislation that may be able to keep him in power until 2036, when he will be 83 years old. Putin, a former KGB officer who is now 68, completes his ongoing six-year tenure his fourth as President in 2024. He has already run the country either as […]
Who is Justice N V Ramana? 48th Chief Justice Of India
Justice N V Ramana: 48th Chief Justice Of India: In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution, President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice N V Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India with effect from April 24, 2021, accepting the recommendation made by the outgoing CJI […]
