• In a major push for AatmaNirbhar Bharat and the strengthening of the Indian army, DRDO successfully conducted flight tests on the indigenously developed low-weight, firepower and forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM). The test successfully validated the minimum…
• In order to promote Agar tree, Agarwood based industry, its plantation, it’s sustainable harvesting, the Tripura government released the ‘Tripura AgarWood Policy 2021.’ About: • Tripura AgarWood Policy 2021 aims to double agarwood plantation by the year 2025. The…
• Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link released a study this week titled, “Quantitative analysis of Microplastics along River Ganga”, which has found that the river – which flows through five states covering about 2,500 km before flowing into the Bay of…
• The recent Supreme Court verdict striking down a part of the 97th Constitution Amendment, in so far as it dealt with cooperative societies under the domain of the States, has brought the focus on the extent to which the…
• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has voted the Australian city of Brisbane as the host city for the 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games. Brisbane is the third Australian city to host the Olympic Games after Melbourne in 1956…
• In RBI’s recent report on “Monetary Transmission in India”, the share of outstanding loans related to external benchmark lending rates (EBLR-similar to repo rate) increased from as low as 2.4% in September 2019 to 28.5% in March 2021. RBI…
• The Moon’s Wobble has been identified by NASA as a potential issue in the near future. When the moon orbits an elliptical orbit, its speed changes, causing our view of the “bright side” to appear at a slightly different…
• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) enables map services in “UMANG App”. MeitY has enabled map services in the UMANG App through an MoU with MapmyIndia which is a private firm. The integration of UMANG with MapmyIndia Maps…
• At the recent 47th G7 summit, the G7 (Group of Seven) Countries proposed a ‘Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). To address the infrastructure investment gap in developing and low-income countries,…
• Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways informed Rajya Sabha about the steps taken to reduce Road Accidents in the country. Education: • Observance of National Road Safety Month/Week every year for spreading awareness and strengthening road safety. •…
• Recently, the safe mode was activated in the Hubble telescope after an onboard computer halt, leading to all non-essential systems being shut down – essentially meaning the telescope is not being used for astronomy observations for time being. •…
• India has emerged as the fifth largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world after China, Japan, Switzerland and Russia. • In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said the country’s…
