VIRAASAT Festival: The second phase of the Sari Festival, Celebrating 75 handwoven Saris of India will begin soon in January 2023. The event is organised by the Ministry of Textiles.The event is likely to bring renewed focus on the age-old tradition of Sari weaving and thereby improve earnings of the handloom community.Handloom sector is aRead more
Lumpi-ProVacind: An MoU for production of Goat Pox vaccine and “Lumpi-ProVac” vaccine was signed. ICAR has developed the indigenous vaccine Lumpi-ProVac for LSD. Lumpi-ProVacind is safe in animals and induces LSDV-specific antibody-and cell-mediated immune response, besides providing complete protection against lethal LSDV challenge. Lumpi-ProVacind is used for the prophylactic immunization of animals against Lumpy SkinRead more
Vande Bharat Express: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the Vande Bharat Express, connecting Howrah to New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. In the Union Budget for 2022-2023, the Finance Minister has proposed the development and manufacture of 400 new Vande Bharat trains in the next three years. It is an indigenously designed andRead more
PRASHAD (National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive) Scheme: Launched in the year 2014-15, the scheme aims to provide integrated infrastructure development to pilgrimage and heritage tourism destinations in the country. Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Tourism. Online Request Transfer Portal: The Department of Posts under Ministry of Communications has launched anRead more
Amrit Bharat Station: Ministry of Railways has formulated a new policy for modernization of stations named “Amrit Bharat Station” scheme. Amrit Bharat Station scheme envisages development of stations on a continuous basis with a long term vision. It is based on Master Planning for long term and implementation of the elements of Master Plan asRead more
Veer Baal Diwas: The Prime Minister of India has declared that 26th December shall be marked as “Veer Baal Diwas” to pay homage to the courage of the “Sahibzades”, four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, the last Sikh guru. While all four were martyred, the date has been chosen as it was the day observedRead more
e- HRMS Portal: e-HRMS was launched by Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on 25th December, 2017 and it had 25 applications of 5 modules of the system. e-HRMS is also known as Manav Sampada (appropriately name for Human Capital, being the most important factor for the success of any Government, Organisation or Company).Read more
Kavach System: The Kavach system was announced in the 2022 Union Budget as a part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. It is India’s own automatic protection system, which is in development since 2012, under the name Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), which got rechristened Kavach or “armour”.It is a set of electronic devices and RadioRead more
Battery Swapping Policy: The policy aims to improve the efficiency of the battery swapping ecosystem for electric scooters and three-wheeler electric rickshaws, thereby driving EV adoption.As per the draft policy, all metropolitan cities with a population above 40 lakhs will be prioritized for the development of a battery swapping network under the first phase. BatteryRead more
1) Hybrid Immunity: It is gained from a previous infection plus vaccines – either the primary doses or both primary and booster doses. A study by Lancet said that a hybrid immunity offers a “higher magnitude and durability” of protection as compared to infection alone, emphasising the need for vaccination. Getting a natural infection –Read more
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