News: Recently, some parts of Kerala have reported cases of children below the age of five getting infected with tomato flu. Tomato Flu: This infection is named 'tomato flu' because red blisters appear on the patient's body which gradually increase to the size of a normal...
Recently National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) launched the second phase of Rural Entrepreneur Project in partnership with Sewa Bharti and Yuva Vikas Society. The objective of this initiative is to provide functional skills to the youth of India to enable them to multi-skill and...
In News: Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, as Ranganathittu Bird sanctuary reopens. Prelims: General issues on Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization. GS Paper 3:Conservation,Environmental pollution and degradation,Environmental Impact Assessment. About: Ranganathittu Bird sanctuary is a combination of several mini-islets in the Cauvery...
Recently the Union Minister of State for Science and Technology launched India's first Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) bus. Bisphenol-A pilot plant was also inaugurated at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), an important feedstock for production of epoxy resins, polycarbonate and other engineering plastics. Hydrogen Fuel Cell...
Recently the government has given Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Mithila Makhana. This move is expected to help the growers to get maximum price for their premium produce. Geographical Indication (GI) Tag GI is an indicator used to identify goods with special characteristics originating from...
Form and extent of work, political participation, level of education, health status, representation in decision-making bodies, access to property are some of the relevant indicators, which reveal the status of individual members in society. However, not all members of society, especially women, have equal...
The VideoLAN Client (VLC) media player website has been banned in India. Whereas VLC says that according to its data its website is banned in India since February 2022. VLC and the restrictions imposed on it: VLC: VLC gained popularity in India in the late 90s...
Context : Today, on 20 Aug, our nation is paying humble tribute to Rajiv Gandhi, the founder of the technological revolution in India on his 78th birth anniversary Introduction : Rajiv Gandhi, a legend Indian political leader and ex-prime minister of India led the foundation of technological development...
Recently the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) suspended the country's top administrative organization All India Football Federation (AIFF) for undue influence by third parties. This suspension took away from the country the right to organize the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 to...
Recently, in his Independence Day speech, the Prime Minister has set a target of completing Pancha Prana by the year 2047 (when India's independence will be 100 years old). The first resolution is to make India a developed country in the next 25 years. ...
