Context: National Hydrogen Mission found a place in Prime Minister speech during the Independence day The need for Mission India's significant reliance on coal and the need for hydrogen to replace fossil fuels Hydrogen would be more prevalent than oxygen since it is thought to have had...
Context: Landslides in the state of Himachal Pradesh have led to the death of 14 people. This incident follows the incident before 2 days where a group of tourists lost their lives in landslides Added to these landslides are the mud, debris running down on...
The happenings: The US-led army and the NATO forces had already withdrawn following the US-Taliban The Taliban forces were able to capture the whole of Afghanistan in a 7 day time period The US estimated that it would take at least 1 month for the...
Context: The government has decided to repeal the retrospective taxes amendment to the I-T Act that was proposed in March 2012. While eliminating the retrospective levy is thought to offer investors clarity by removing a key source of misunderstanding in taxation rules, the government has...
Context: The Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched ‘SonChiraiya' (a brand and logo) for the sale of items from urban Self-Help Groups (SHGs). About: Background: Under the auspices of MoHUA, DAY-NULM has focused on providing necessary skills and opportunities to urban disadvantaged...
Context: The ministry of environment, Forest, and climate change will launch an elephant population assessment and estimating initiative next year, similar to the tiger population assessment and estimation. For the first time, it will involve the identification of each elephant, its clusters, as well as...
Context: Kaziranga is the country's first national park to deploy satellite phones, which are commonly used by law enforcement organizations. The satellite phones will give forest employees an advantage over poachers, as well as during emergencies like floods. Satellite phones are not allowed to be...
Context: Dr Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, released the Quality of Life for Elderly Index (EAC-PM). The Index was established at the request of EAC-PM by the Institute for Competitiveness, and it focuses light on an area that is typically...
States can't clear MPs and MLAs in cases without HC approval Context: In an effort to prevent state administrations from dismissing charges against MPs and MLAs, the Supreme Court ruled that such action may only be taken with the approval of the state high court. The Judgement/...
The ITBP appoints its first female combat officers Context: After completing training, the India-China LAC guarding the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) unit commissioned its first two women officers in combat Following a passing out parade, a total of 53 officers graduated from the ITBP officers' training...
