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Manthan Platform: The Manthan platform won the Best Tech Initiative of the Year at the Dun & Bradstreet Business Excellence Awards 2022. The development of the platform was conceptualized and implemented by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India. Manthan is aimed at promoting collaboration between industry and theRead more

1) Wet Leasing of Aircraft: In efforts to boost international air traffic, the civil aviation ministry has allowed Indian airlines to take wide-body planes on wet lease for up to one year. it means renting the plane along with operating crew and engineers, while dry leasing refers to taking only the aircraft on rent. TheRead more

1) Red Planet Day: Red Planet Day commemorates the launch of the Mariner 4 spacecraft which is a robotic interplanetary probe, launched by NASA on November 28, 1964. It was the fourth of a series of spacecraft designed to fly past planets, and it became the first to fly past Mars. The gravitational pull ofRead more

State Finance Commission: The State Finance Commission (SFC) is a Constitutional body, formed under the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992. It reviews a state’s panchayats’ financial situation and provides recommendations to the governor. According to Article 243-I of the Indian Constitution, the Governor of a State shall establish a Finance Commission. It wasRead more

1) Fujiwhara Effect : Meteorologists were mesmerized by Typhoon Hinnamnor as it provided a textbook example of a phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara Effect. it is any interaction between tropical storms formed around the same time in the same ocean region with their centres or eyes at a distance of less than 1,400 km, withRead more

SARAS 3 Radio Telescope : Shaped Antenna measurement of the background Radio Spectrum 3 (SARAS) telescope — indigenously designed and built at Raman Research Institute — was deployed over Dandiganahalli Lake and Sharavati backwaters, located in Northern Karnataka, in early 2020. India’s SARAS radio telescope provides astronomers clues to the nature of Universe’s first starsRead more

e-Gram SWARAJ Portal : e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project of Ministry of Panchayati Raj has won the GOLD AWARD under the category “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation” of the National Awards for e-Governance. It is a work-based comprehensive application that encompasses all aspects of Panchayat functioning viz. planning, budgeting, accounting, monitoring, asset managementRead more

1) Amarjeet Sinha committee : It will suggest (within 3 months) what changes in focus and governance structures are required to make MGNREGA more effective. It will look at changes in the cost of providing work, the reasons and recommend ways to bring in a greater focus on poorer areas and whether it should focusRead more

1) Kutia Kondh tribe : The Kutia Kondhs are a particularly vulnerable tribal groups in Kalahandi district, Odisha. These tribals worship nature. The women of this tribe, called the ‘the people of the spirit world,’ ink themselves with beautiful geometric facial tattoos. The Kondhs who live in hill top and valleys are known as KutiaRead more

Hanle Dark Sky Reserve : In a unique and first-of-its-kind initiative, the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt of India, has undertaken to set up India’s first-ever “Night Sky Sanctuary” in Ladakh. The proposed Dark Sky Reserve will be located at Hanle in Ladakh as a part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary. It will boostRead more