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1) Himalayan Gray Langur: also called Chamba Sacred Langur is a colobine, meaning leaf-eating monkey. It is endemic to the Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal regions of western Himalayas, where the ecosystem is vulnerable. It is also reported from Pakistan and Nepal. It is considered an endangered species in IUCN red list. In the WildlifeRead more

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency(IREDA): IREDA is a Public Limited Government Company established as a Non-Banking Financial Institution in 1987. IREDA’s corporate and registered office housed in New Delhi. The Agency, a Mini Ratna (Category– I) Government of India Enterprise is under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). It isRead more

Shri Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda: PM unveils 108-feet-long bronze statue of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in Bengaluru. He was an Indian ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire. The city of Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka, was founded by Kempe Gowda in 1537. He is also noted for his societal reforms and contribution to building temples and water reservoirs inRead more

DigiLocker: DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of MeitY under ‘Digital India’ programme. This is government’s effort to create an electronic version of documents, which can be easily verified and stored in printable format. The users can store their documents such as insurance, medical reports, PAN card, passport, marriage certificate, school certificate and other documents inRead more

Atal New India Challenge(ANIC): ANIC is a flagship program of Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog. The program aims to seek, select, support and nurture technology-based innovations that solve sectoral challenges of national importance and societal relevance.One of the primary goals of the ANIC program is to support innovations in areas critical to India’s development andRead more

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services(INCOIS): It is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). It is located in Hyderabad & was established in 1999. It is a unit of the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO), New Delhi. The ESSO operates as an executive arm of the Ministry of Earth SciencesRead more

1) Kempe Gowda: Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, a 16th century chieftain of the Vijayanagara empire, is credited as the founder of Bengaluru. A 108-feet tall bronze statue of Kempegowda, also called the “Statue of Prosperity” is being unveiled in Bangalore. He is also known to have developed around 1,000 lakes in the city to cater to drinkingRead more

1) Pashmina Shawls: Traders of Pashmina shawls are complaining that “obsolete testing methods” have resulted in many of their export consignments being flagged by Customs authorities for presence of Shahtoosh guard hair. Pashmina is obtained from a breed of mountain goats (Capra hircus) found on the Changthang Plateau in Tibet and parts of Ladakh. ARead more

1) Vikram-S: It is India’s First Privately developed Rocket. Vikram-S has been developed with the Support of ISRO and IN-SPACe Agencies and Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace. The mission named ‘Prarambh’ (the beginning), since it is the first mission for Skyroot. With this maiden mission, Skyroot is set to become the first private space company in IndiaRead more

1) Law Commission: Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body and is constituted by a notification of the Government of India. The Charter Act 1833 provided for the establishment of a Law Commission for consolidation and codification of Indian Laws. In 1835, Lord Macaulay became Chairman of the First Law Commission. The tenure ofRead more