Navratna Status: The government categorizes all Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) into three categories, namely Maharatna, Navratna, and Miniratna. To get Navratna status, the PSU should be a Miniratna-I, Schedule ‘A’ company, should have obtained an ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’ MoU rating in three of the last five years, and must have a composite score of 60 in sixRead more
1) Dampa Tiger Reserve: A new species of toad (Frog) – Bufoides bhupathyi found in Dampa tiger reserve.  Location: western flank (Lushai Hills) of Mizoram.  On the West, it is bound by the Chittagong hill tracts (Sazek hill range) of Bangladesh.  In 1994, it was declared a tiger reserve under the Project Tiger initiative.  River: drained by the RiverRead more
1) Passport to Earning (P2E) Initiative: More than one million young people in India are certified through UNICEF’s P2E Initiative in areas of financial literacy and digital productivity. Notably, 62 percent of all young learners who benefitted from P2E courses in India are adolescent girls and young women. P2E is an e-learning solution which empowerRead more
1) Osiris-Rex spacecraft (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer): NASA showed its first asteroid samples delivered last month by Osiris-Rex spacecraft.  These samples are expected to offer clues to whether asteroids colliding with Earth billions of years ago brought water and other key ingredients for life.  OSIRIS-Rex is the first U.S. missionRead more
Rasmussen’s encephalitis: It is a very rare, chronic inflammatory neurological disease that usually affects only one hemisphere (half) of the brain. It most often occurs in children under the age of 10 but can also affect adolescents and adults. Symptoms include Frequent and severe seizures, Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis),Mental deterioration, Progressive loss of neurological functionsRead more
Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission: Recently, the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) announced the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) as a PDG member during PDG Stakeholder’s meeting in Hyderabad.  It is an autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. It is created to set standards of drugs in the country. Its basic functionRead more
1) ‘A-HELP’ (Accredited Agent for Health and Extension of Livestock Production) Programme: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Government of India launched the ‘A-HELP’ programme at Jharkhand.  MoU was signed between DAHD and National Rural Livelihoods Mission under the Ministry of Rural Development to launch the programme.  Aims to empower women by engaging themRead more
1) Automatic ‘Status Holder’ certificates: Ministry of Commerce & Industry unveils system-based automatic ‘Status Holder’ certificates under Foreign Trade Policy 2023.  Now certificate will be provided by the IT system based on available Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics merchandise export electronic data and other risk parameters.   Status Holders are business leaders who haveRead more
Periodic Labour Force Survey: The recent Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) has reported that the unemployment rate in the country has shown a decrease between April and June 2023. Â Findings: The Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for persons of age 15 years and above and the Worker-Population Ratio (WPR) improved during the period.Read more
Project Veer Gatha 3.0: Project Veer Gatha was instituted under Gallantry Awards Portal (GAP) in 2021.The aim is to disseminate the details of acts of bravery of the Gallantry Awardees and the life stories of these brave hearts among the students so as to raise the spirit of patriotism and in still amongst them valuesRead more
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