अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सौर गठबंधन (आईएसए) की चौथी आम सभा 18 से 21 अक्टूबर, 2021 तकआयोजित की गई। इसकी अध्यक्षता केंद्रीय विद्युत, नवीन एवं नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा मंत्री और आईएसए सभा के अध्यक्षश्री आर.के. सिंह की अध्यक्षता में हुई। इस सभा में74 सदस्य Read More …
Tag: Current Affairs for IAS
Saving Pygmy hogs from extinction
India Science Wire Pygmy hogs are one of the rare and endangered animals listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and designated as a schedule 1 species under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. It is Read More …
Three new species of Aborichthys fish discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
Aborichthys uniobarensis, Aborichthys barapensis and Aborichthys palinensis are the three new species of fish of genus Aborichthys of family Nemachelidae, discovered in Arunchal Pradesh. The discovery has been published in international journals like Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, Journal of Read More …
What is Bhaskarabda?
Bhaskarabda is an era counted from the date of the ascension of the seventh century Kamrupa (now Assam) ruler Bhaskaravarman. The State Cabinet, chaired by the Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, has decided to add Bhaskarabda to Saka and Gregorian Read More …
India ranks 71st in Global Food Security Index 2021
India has been ranked at 71st position out of of 113 countries in the Global Food Security (GFS) Index 2021 released by Economist Impact and Corteva Agriscience. According to the report, India lags behind its neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka Read More …
What is DLX1?
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, have discovered a particular gene (DLX1) which plays an important role in the development of jaws, skeleton, and interneurons in the brain has an important role to play in the growth Read More …
Nuclear-capable hypersonic missile
The Financial Times reported that China’s military has carried out its first-ever test of a “nuclear capable hypersonic missile”, however, China denied the reports insisting instead that it was a routine spacecraft check. The Financial Times said the missile circled Read More …
PM Modi dedicates 7 new Defence Companies to Nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 15, 2021 launched seven new Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSU), incorporated after the dissolution of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). The seven new companies are Munitions India Limited, Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited, Advanced Weapons and Read More …
Sela Main Tunnel
Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh presided over breakthrough blast of main tube of Sela Tunnel via video conferencing on October 14, 2021. Perched at an altitude of 13,800 ft, Sela pass on the 317 km long Balipara-Charduar-Tawang (BCT) road connects Read More …
CRISP-M: मनरेगा योजना के लिए जलवायु लचीलापन सूचना प्रणाली
केंद्रीय ग्रामीण विकास और पंचायती राज मंत्री श्री गिरिराज सिंह ने 13 अक्टूबर 2021 को एक वर्चुअल कार्यक्रम के माध्यम से महात्मा गांधी नरेगा के तहत भौगोलिक सूचना प्रणाली (जीआईएस) आधारित वाटरशेड योजना में जलवायु सूचना के एकीकरण के लिए Read More …
Proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980
The Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has published proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. The proposed amendment will ease diversion of forests and exempting certain categories of development from the need to take clearance from the Read More …
Detoxing pilot project has brought Lukha river back from dead
The Meghalaya government has claimed that a detoxing pilot project has brought the Lukha river back from the dead. The Lukha — “reservoir of fish” in the local Pnar language — was considered toxic beyond redemption a decade ago. The Read More …
CRISP-M tool for MGNREGA Scheme
Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh on October 13, 2021 launched Climate Resilience Information System and Planning CRISP-M tool for integration of climate information in Geographic Information System, GIS-based watershed planning under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA . The CRISP-M tool will help Read More …
Kunming Declaration on Biological Diversity
The Kunming Declaration was adopted in China by over 100 countries October 13, 2021 at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Kunming Declaration calls upon the Read More …
पहली बार दो लंबी दूरी की मालगाड़ियों ‘त्रिशूल’ और ‘गरुड़’ का सफलतापूर्वक संचालन
भारतीय रेलवे ने दक्षिण मध्य रेलवे (एससीआर) पर पहली बार दो लंबी दूरी की मालगाड़ियों (long haul freight trains) “त्रिशूल” और “गरुड़” का सफलतापूर्वक संचालन किया है। मालगाड़ियों की सामान्य संरचना से दोगुनी या कई गुना बड़ी, लंबी दूरी की Read More …