In News India and Israel signed a three-year work program for cooperation in Agriculture. About India and Israel have had bilateral relations since 1993 in the agricultural sector. This is the 5th Indo-Israel Agriculture Action Plan (IIAP).  Both India and Israel are implementing the “INDO-ISRAEL Agricultural Project Centres of Excellence” and “INDO-ISRAEL Villages of Excellence”. […]

In News  Recently, the Maharashtra government has submitted a tentative “serial” nomination seeking the World Heritage Site tag for 14 forts. The 14 forts are from the era of 17th century Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on the theme of Maratha Military Architecture in Maharashtra.  14 Forts in Maharashtra’s Proposal Raigad Fort Originally called Rairi, […]

  Facts in News Banni Grassland (Environment) Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the removal of encroachments in Banni grasslands, Gujarat. The local nomadic people (Maldhari) have complained about non-forest activities in violation of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and  Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006.   Banni Grassland Location: Rann of Kutch in […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 1 1 Odisha, Bengal grapple with evacuation ahead of cyclone (Geography) Know about the cyclone Yaas. What are cyclones, causes and favourable conditions for occurrence, impacts, mitigation and management and the naming system? GS 2 1   9   9 Migrant workers may […]

Indian Express Subject  Page No.                          Headlines                Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   1   No from vaccine makers, states urge Centre to procure for all (Health ) Challenges associated with a massive shortage of […]

In News The government released the First Advance Estimates (FAE) at the start of January 2021 and the Second Advance Estimates (SAE) in February 2021, which showed the impact of Covid-19 on the finances of the Centre and the States in 2020. Key Highlights First Advance Estimates The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would contract by […]

In News The Government of India (GoI) has notified the genome sequencing of 5% of the COVID positive cases and to maintain a record of it. About The work began in January by sequencing samples of people who had a history of travel from the United Kingdom and a proportion of positive samples in the […]

In News  Recent studies have indicated that approximately 1.35 lakh hectares of coconut and oil palm in India are affected by the rugose spiralling whitefly. About Extensive studies were carried out from 2015 to 2020 across the country to understand the patterns of occurrence, the intensity of the infestation of whitefly.  Researchers extracted genomic DNA […]

In News Recently, the 249th birth anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy was celebrated . Raja Ram Mohan Roy Early life  He was born on 22 May 1772 in a Hindu Brahmin family in Radhanagar village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, Bengal.  He studied Persian and Arabic along with Sanskrit, which influenced his thinking about […]

In News Recently, the Protected Planet Report 2020 has been published. About the Report Published by United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Support from the National Geographic Society (global non-profit). It underlined the progress the world has made toward the ambitious Aichi Biodiversity Target 11. These […]