1) Indian Black Honeybee: A new species of endemic honeybee has been discovered in the Western Ghats called Apis karinjodian. It is after a gap of more than 200 years that a new species of honeybee has been spotted in the Western Ghats. The last honeybee described from India was Apis indica in 1798 byRead more
Lunar eclipse: Lunar Eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon and when all the three objects are aligned. . A lunar eclipse can occur only when the Moon is full. A lunar eclipse usually lasts for a few hours. At least two partial lunarRead more
1) UIDAI: It is a statutory authority established under the provisions of Aadhaar act 2016 by the Govt. of India under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Its aim to provide for good governance, efficient, transparent and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services. The UIDAI is mandated to assign a 12-digit unique identificationRead more
1) Process of Inclusion in the ST List:Â The process to include tribes in the ST list begins with the recommendation from the respective State governments, which are then sent to the Tribal Affairs Ministry, which reviews and sends them to the Registrar General of India for approval. This is followed by the NCST approvalRead more
1) Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The AD-1 is a long-range interceptor missile designed for both low exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric interceptionRead more
National Anti Doping Authority: National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) was set up as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 on 24th November, 2005 with a mandate for Dope free sports in India. The primary objectives are to implement anti-doping rules as per WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) code, regulate dope control programme, toRead more
National Mission on Natural Farming Web Portal: Agriculture launched a portal on National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) for the benefit of the farming community. The NMNF portal was launched in the first steering committee meeting of the National Natural Farming Mission. The portal contains all the information about the mission, implementation outline, resources, implementationRead more
1) Coronal Holes: NASA released an image taken by its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) where the Sun seems to be smiling. Coronal holes are cooler denser regions in the Sun’s corona. It is a patch of the Sun’s atmosphere with much lower density than elsewhere. They appear as irregular black patches when the sun isRead more
CRISPR gene editing: The CRISPR gene-editing technology that received the Nobel Prize in 2020 has witnessed a new height. Indian scientists have demonstrated for the first time that the associated Cas9 enzyme, which acts as molecular scissors to cut DNA at a location specified by a guide RNA, can bind to and cut the targetRead more
National Technical Textile Mission: Ministry of Textiles clears 20 Strategic Projects in the areas of Specialty Fibres, Agro-textile, Protech, Sportech and Geotech segment under the Flagship Programme National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM). It was approved in 2020 by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) with the aim to position the country as aRead more
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