India and the United Kingdom have inked pact on ‘Forward Action Plan on power & clean transportation, renewables, green finance, and green energy research” under its 2030 roadmap. Highlights ‘Forward Action Plan’ was discussed at the “3rd India-UK Energy for Growth Partnership – Ministerial Energy...
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Parshottam Rupala, launched the River Ranching Programme on October 8, 2021. Highlights The programme was launched at Brijghat, Garh Mukteshwar, Uttar Pradesh Along with Uttar Pradesh, other 4 states namely, Orissa, Uttarakhand, Tripura and Chhattisgarh also participated...
As per data of “Central Electricity Authority of India”. India is facing an unprecedented shortage of coal stocks across the thermal plants which might lead to a power crisis. Highlights Of total 135 thermal plants using coal for power generation, 106 or nearly 80 per...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch first ever National Infrastructure Masterplan called “Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakti”. This masterplan will be launched on October 13, 2021. Gati Shakti scheme was announced by PM Modi on Independence Day, 2021. This Masterplan will bring together...
Indonesia is taking steps to protect the habitat of Javan Gibbon(Hylobates moloch), which is endangered by climate change and human encroachment. The species is also hunted for both meat and pet trade. About: The silvery gibbon, also known as the Javan gibbon, is a primate. They are found in groups...
The2021 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”. Last year, the award was given to Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice...
Recently, the 6th Edition of India - UK Joint Company Level Military Training Exercise AJEYA WARRIOR has commenced in Uttarakhand. Earlier, India and the UK participated in a two-day bilateral Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the Bay of Bengal. About: The exercise is conducted alternatively in the United Kingdom and India. The exercise...
Recently, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has designated the combined areas of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary as a Tiger Reserve. NTCA is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, established in...
India is facing a severe coal shortage. Background: India is the second-largest importer, consumer and producer of coal, and has the world’s fifth-largest reserves. It mainly imports from Indonesia, Australia and South Africa. How bad is the situation? The situation is “touch and go”, and could...
The National Health Authority (NHA), the apex body for implementing the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna(AB-PMJAY), has revised the Health Benefit Package (HBP) Master under the scheme. In the revised version of Health Benefit Package (HBP 2.2): Rates of some packages have been increased by 20% to...
