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AQI: Launched in 2014 with outline ‘One Number – One Color -One Description’ for the common man to judge the air quality within his vicinity. The measurement of air quality is based on eight pollutants, namely: Particulate Matter (PM10), Particulate Matter (PM2.5), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Ozone (O3), Ammonia (NH3),Read more

River Ranching: River Ranching is a form of aquaculture in which a population of a fish species (such as salmon) is held in captivity for the first stage of their lives. They are then released, and later harvested as adults when they return from the sea to their freshwater birthplace to spawn. In India RiverRead more

Splinternet: The splinternet (also referred to as cyber-balkanization or internet balkanization) is a characterization of the Internet as splintering and dividing due to various factors, such as technology, commerce, politics, nationalism, religion, and divergent national interests. In this internet is controlled by autonomous political blocs or any other controlling power—such as tech or e-commerce companies,Read more

Raisina Dialogue: President of the European Union Ursula Von Der Leyen is the chief guest at the Dialogue. The three-day Dialogue is based on the theme – Terranova, impassioned, impatient, imperiled. There are six broad thematic pillars of the Dialogue including Rethinking Democracy, End of Multilateralism, Water Caucuses, and Achieving Green Transitions. Raisina Dialogue willRead more

Fincluvation: India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a 100% government owned entity under Department of Posts (DoP) has announced the launch of Fincluvation– a joint initiative to collaborate with Fintech Startup community to co-create and innovate solutions for financial inclusion. Fincluvation is an Industry first initiative to create a powerful platform to mobilize the start-up communityRead more

Green Ammonia: It is produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using an electrolyzer powered by renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.Recently, the Ministry of Power has notified Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia Policy for production of Green Hydrogen or Green Ammonia using renewable sources of energy. Under the policy, the government is offeringRead more

Vagsheer: Vagsheer, the sixth submarine of the P75 project of the Indian Navy was launched recently. It is the last of the Scorpene class submarines made under the P75 project. Under P75, INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj and INS Vela have been commissioned. Sea trials are on for Vagir. Vagsheer is named after theRead more

NATPOLREX-VIII: It is the 8th edition of the National Level Pollution Response Exercise. Conducted by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) off Mormugao harbour, Goa. The objective of NATPOLREX-VIII is to enhance the preparedness and response capability of all the stakeholders in combating marine spills. It aims at validating the procedures and guidelines as contained in theRead more

Vidya Samiksha Kendra:The Command and Control Centre, or Vidya Samiksha Kendra are set up by the Gujarat Education Department in Gandhinagar.It tracks enrolment, attendance, learning outcomes, drop-outs, school accreditation and monitors schools, teachers and block and cluster resource centreco-ordinators.This state of the art data driven centre is based on the National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR)Read more

Oil Bonds: An oil bond is a promissory note issued by the government to the oil marketing companies (OMCS), in lieu of cash that government owes them.N When fuel prices are high for consumers, government directs oil marketing companies (OMCS) to charge consumers less prices and the balance is to be paid by the government.Read more