Recently, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has launched India’s first manned ocean mission “Samudrayaan” in Chennai. With this Unique Ocean Mission, India joined the elite club of nations such as the US, Russia, France, Japan, and China to have niche technology and vehicles to carry out subsea...
The government has launched a nationwide expansion of Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) as a part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. It was for the first time in the country that PCV would be available for universal use. PCV13protects against 13 types of...
Context: According to its own financial statement, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme has run out of funds halfway through the financial year, and supplementary budgetary allocations will not come to the rescue for at least another month when the next Parliamentary...
Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Auditor General of Maldives have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the audit process of public finance. The MoU also aims at exchanging information in the field of public sector audit between the two countries. About CAG: The...
Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi has moved the Gujarat High Court against the Gujarat government’s ₹1,200-crore plan to redevelop Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. Issues with the project: The redevelopment plan involves extending its area from five to 55 acres by relocating residents to nearby areas. Tusha Gandhi says,...
Recently, the government has reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)under the leadership of Bibek Debroy for a period of two years after its term came to an end in September 2021. About: EAC-PM is a non-constitutional, non-statutory, independent body constituted to give advice on...
Recently, the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched an e-National Level Awareness Programme SAMBHAV. About: It is a mass outreach programme under the Ministry of MSME in which students from different colleges/ITIs from all parts of the country will be encouraged by 130 field offices of the Ministry to...
Recently, A troop of Gray langurs(Semnopithecus entellus) with their pelage (fur or hair) coloured blue was spotted in an industrial neighborhood of Ankleshwar in Gujarat. About: Also called Hanuman, Langur, named after the Hindu god, Hanuman. Its 16 subspecies’ range extends from the Himalayas in the...
Recently, the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) has developed a poly-herbal medicine called Mastirak Gel to treat Mastitis in Dairy Cattle. NIF is an autonomous institute of the Department of science and Technology which renovates indigenous technologies based on farmer’s wisdom. Significance of Mastirak Gel: It can...
Recently, the Indian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 4.5 million Project Readiness Financing (PRF) loan to support urban mobility in Mizoram. Earlier, the ADB and the Government of India signed a USD 484 million loan to improve transport connectivity and industrial development in the Chennai-Kanyakumari...
