-The Union Cabinet Committee on January 10, approved the continuation of Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) till the term of the 14th Finance Commission i.e. 31.03.2020. -The Scheme would entail an annual allocation of Rs. 3,950 crore and Read More …
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Bheemunipatnam: India’s new scuba diving destination
Two scuba divers, namely Balaram Naidu and dive master Anil Kumar on December 21, 2018, spotted a rare 200 year old shipwreck below the sea surface in Bheemunipatnam, 45 km from Visakhapatnam. -The wreck was located just six metres below the sea Read More …
Viable Alternate Methods of Hanging in India
Why in the news: Supreme court of India on January 9, 2018 issued a notice to Government of India, to consider on alternate options of hanging in India keeping in mind the dynamic progress in modern science. In his oral Read More …
Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara as a national festival
-The Central Government is in the process of declaring Sammakka-Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara a national festival. Recently Central Ministry of Tribal Affairs released Rs. 2 crore as Centre’s contribution towards conducting this Jatara. -Sammakka-Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara is held in Medaram village of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, Read More …
Mankidia Tribe of Odisha will get habitat rights!
-Mayurbhanj District administration Odisha, had initiated an effort to provide Mankidia tribe a recognised habitat rights under forest right act (FRA). However state forest department latter denied the habitat right to Mankidia, on the ground of tiger attack. -Mankidia is Read More …
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme-Food poisoning increased
-According to Recent data released by the Union Health Ministry’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), 312 of the 1,649 outbreaks reported till the third week of December 2017 were due to acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD) and 242 were due to food Read More …
Bharat Net Project: First phase completed
Ministry of Communication has completed the first phase of Bharat Net project. Under Phase-1, more than one lakh Gram Panchayats of the nation have related to high speed optical fibre network as per the deadline 31 December 2017. The network Read More …
The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2018
The central government on January 5, 2018 tabled ‘The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2018’ in the Lok Sabha to set up an international arbitration (or dispute resolution) centre in New Delhi. This initiative is the first step Read More …
Aspirational Districts of India
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on January 5, 2018, interacted with Collectors and Officers-in-charge of aspirational districts, at a Conference organized by NITI Aayog at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. These are those 115 districts, that Read More …
Kishore’s fire ball-India’s hottest hybrid chilli
-A Manipur scientist, Rajkumar Kishor of Kwaklei and Khonggunmelei Orchids Pvt Ltd, has synthesised the hottest Indian hybrid chilli. Named as ‘Kishore’s fire ball‘, was synthesised during a trial breeding in Manipur. -This hybrid is derived from capsicum frutescens cultivar, capsicum chinense Read More …
Bharat Biotech’s Typbar TCV vaccine gets WHO prequalification nod.
-Typbar TCV, the world’s first typhoid vaccine clinically proven for use on recipients who can be as young as six months, on January 3, 2017, was given World Health Organization’s prequalification nod. -This prequalification will allow health and humanitarian organisations Read More …
Higher Ash Content in Indian Coal
As per Ministry of Environment and Forest & Climate Change (MOEF&CC), ash content of coal produced in the country is generally 25 to 45 % whereas average ash content of imported coal varies from 10 to 20 %. -Coal produced Read More …
SCHEME OF ELECTORAL BONDS
-The Government of India on January 2, 2018, notified the Scheme of Electoral Bonds to cleanse the system of political funding in the country. -Electoral Bond would be a bearer instrument in the nature of a Promissory Note and an interest Read More …
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was passed by the Lok Sabha on January 2, 2017. -This bill will allow the government to take up infrastructure projects within the 100 meter prohibited within prohibited areas around Read More …
The first draft of the updated National Register of Citizens in Assam
The first draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), an exercise undertaken only in Assam, will be made public at midnight on December 31. The main objective of this exercise is to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. -According to Read More …