( Today’s Current Affairs video is available on youtube – ) • Government of India directed the Jal Shakti Ministry and NITI Aayog to study the feasibility of drinking water project for Udayagiri in Andhra Pradesh. The officials discussed…
• Union Agriculture Minister said that Government of India is promoting Beekeeping as part of its aim to double farmers’ income by 2024. About: • Government has allocated Rs.500 crore towards Beekeeping under the Atma Nirbhar Abhiyan. • India is…
• Government has notified amendments to General Financial Rules (GFR) to ensure that goods and services valued less than 200 crore rupees are being procured from domestic firms. About: • Center has notified the amendments to the GFR 2017 to…
• Scientists at Pune based Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, have mapped two alternative dwarfing genes Rht14 and Rht18 in wheat. About: • These genes are associated with better seedling vigour…
• The Indian continent is sweltering and it is not the summer heat. Amid Covid-19 pandemic India-Nepal border dispute has rose to a new height. • Ever since India inaugurated a new motorable link road that makes connectivity to china…
( This One liner is also available in the video – ) • The Mizoram Cabinet has granted industry status to sports, a move aimed at generating employment. The government seek to invest more in sports for the generation…
• Uttar Pradesh government has launched the ‘Uttar Pradesh Startup Fund’ to encourage the youth of the state for entrepreneurship. • Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath handed over the first installment of 15 crore rupees to Small Industries Development Bank of…
• Government of India announced the commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna. About: • Agappe Chitra Magna is a magnetic nanoparticle-based RNA extraction kit for use during testing for the detection of COVID-19. • It was developed by Sree Chitra…
• Union Minister of Environment interacted with Chief Ministers & State Government Officers of six states viz, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu to discuss issues relating to notification of Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) pertaining to the Western…
• Defence Ministry has approved procurement of 26 defence items only from local suppliers to boost ‘Make in India.’ About: • Government has issued Public Procurement (Preference to “Make in India’) Order 2017 in 2017 to encourage ‘Make in India’…
• International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2020 will be observed on 23 May under the theme “End gender inequality! End health inequities! End Fistula now!” About: • Obstetric fistula is an injury that can occur during childbirth. It is…
• International Day for Biological Diversity 2020 is being celebrated on 22 May with the theme “Our solutions are in nature.” About: • The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the international legal instrument for “the conservation of biological diversity”…
