According to IMD data, the average rainfall in the month of August was recorded 24 percent less in India, due to which there is a possibility of a decrease of 9 percent in the entire monsoon period. Background: India Meteorological Department was established in the...
NITI Aayog has released Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). Earlier the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021 was released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). Introduction: MPI attempts to measure poverty in many of its dimensions and...
Recently the first edition of India Young Water Professional Program was launched by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. This program will prove to be an important milestone in Australia-India water relations. The objective of this program is to prepare the water leaders of the...
Kerala Tourism will soon launch the 'Street' project at select locations in seven districts. 'Street' (STREET) is an acronym for 'Sustainable, Tenable, Responsible, Experimental, Ethnic and Tourism Hub'. The project will help the visitors to experience the cultural diversity of specific places. The project,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified the recently discovered strain B.1.1.1.529 of Kovid-19 as 'Variants of Concern- VOC'. The virus was first detected in southern Africa and its name was changed to Omicron. Introduction: Omicron has been placed in the most worrying category of...
The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) studied post-Diwali air pollution in four Indian cities (Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune). Three metropolitan cities Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbai had higher air pollution during the Diwali period in 2021 than in 2020,...
Recently the Department of Biotechnology-National Brain Research Center (DBT-NBRC) has developed Swadesh project for the management of neurological disorders. NBRC is the only institute in India dedicated to neuroscience research and education. About Swadesh Project: Swadesh is the first large-scale multimodal neuroimaging database specially designed...
India-Israel Women's Conference in the field of 'Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics' (STEM) was organized. The need for increasing women's participation in STEM and introducing gender-neutral pay was highlighted during the conference. STEM: The concept of 'STEM' (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) was introduced by...
The birthday of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the father of the White Revolution in India, is celebrated as 'National Milk Day'. The Indian Dairy Association (IDA) took the initiative to celebrate this day for the first time on 26 November in the year 2014. It...
The Government of India has approved a proposal to blend 20% ethanol with gasoline by 2025. Blending of ethanol will help in reducing the subsidy on sugar from 2023. Ethanol: Ethanol is a biofuel which is produced from agricultural products like wheat, potato, sugarcane etc....
