Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna: Ministry of Tribal Affairs has revamped the existing Scheme of ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme’ with nomenclature ‘Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)’, for implementation during 2021-22 to 2025-26, which aims at transforming villages with significant tribal population into model village (Adarsh Gram)covering about 40% of theRead more
National Human Rights Commission: NHRC of India is an independent statutory body established in 1993 as per provisions of Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, later amended in 2006. It is a multi-member body consisting of a chairperson, five full-time Members and seven deemed Members. A person who has been the Chief Justice of IndiaRead more
GHAR Portal: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has developed and launched a portal namely GHAR – GO Home and Re-Unite (Portal for Restoration and Repatriation of Child). The GHAR portal has been developed to digitally monitor and track the restoration and repatriation of children according to the protocol. The following are theRead more
International Atomic Energy Agency: Set up as the world’s “Atoms for Peace” organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. Reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Functions: Works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclearRead more
SHE STEM Event: As part of the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week, SHE STEM, the annual event to celebrate women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and sustainability, was successfully held for the third year in a row. The annual event is organized by the Embassy of Sweden in India in partnership withRead more
Pamban Rail Bridge: The re-construction work on the new 2.05 km Pamban railway bridge which will connect Rameswaram island to the mainland in Tamil Nadu has gathered pace. This state-of-the-art bridge will be the country’s first vertical lift railway sea bridge and is expected to be completed by March 2023.The sea bridge is being executedRead more
Pamban Rail Bridge: The re-construction work on the new 2.05 km Pamban railway bridge which will connect Rameswaram island to the mainland in Tamil Nadu has gathered pace. This state-of-the-art bridge will be the country’s first vertical lift railway sea bridge and is expected to be completed by March 2023.The sea bridge is being executedRead more
1) SHUKRAYAAN-1: also called the Venus Mission, it will be an orbiter mission. Its scientific payloads currently include a high-resolution synthetic aperture radar and a ground-penetrating radar. It will Investigate surface process and shallow subsurface stratigraphy. Until now, no prior observation of the sub-surface of Venus has been done. The mission is expected to studyRead more
1) Nicobar long-tailed Macaque: It is a subspecies of the larger family of long-tailed macaques found across South-East Asia. It is distinct from its cousins in appearance, behaviour and geographical location. The macaque is found in only three of the Nicobar islands—Katchal, Little Nicobar, and Great Nicobar—with GNI being home to the largest population. IUCN:Read more
1) Green steel: it is the manufacturing of steel using renewable or low-carbon energy sources such as hydrogen, coal gasification, or electricity instead of the traditional carbon-intensive manufacturing route of coal-fired plants. To move towards ‘Green Steel’, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry launched Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project in Eastern India in 2019 toRead more
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