Home  /  GS 3 ( Page 159 )

Tag: GS 3

Exercise LAMITIYE 2022

In News The 9th Joint Military Exercise LAMITIYE-2022 between the Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) is being conducted at Seychelles Defence Academy (SDA), Seychelles. Exercise LAMITIYE Lamitiye, which in Creole means friendship, is a biennial training event being conducted in Seychelles since 2001. Seychelles is an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, comprising […]

Open Network Digital Commerce (ONDC)

In News  The Minister of Commerce and Industry said that Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) would democratise e-commerce and will protect small businesses by granting them equal opportunity. About Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) It is a network based on open protocol and will enable local commerce across segments, such as mobility, grocery, […]

Tapi-Par-Narmada Link Project

In News Recently, Tribals protested against the Centre’s Tapi-Par-Narmada link Project. Tapi-Par-Narmada Link Project It was envisioned under the 1980 National Perspective Plan under the former Union Ministry of Irrigation and the Central Water Commission (CWC). It is one of the 16 link proposals under the Peninsular Rivers Development Component. It proposes to link three […]

Daylight Saving Time

In News  Recently, the United States Senate unanimously passed lawmaking daylight saving time (DST) permanent, scrapping the biannual practise of putting clocks forward and back coinciding with the arrival and departure of winter. Why have Daylight Saving Time? DST is the practise of resetting clocks ahead by an hour in spring, and behind by an […]

Kinzhal Advanced Hypersonic Missile

In News Russia has used its newest hypersonic missile called ‘Kinzhal’ to destroy a weapons storage site in Ukraine’s western region. It is the first use of the nuclear-capable advanced weapons system in the Ukraine war. Kinzhal Missile Kinzhal means ‘dagger’. It is a nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile that flies at 10 times the speed […]

Boma Technique

In News  An uncommon experiment with Africa’s Boma technique undertaken at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district for capturing and translocating spotted deer is set to improve the prey base in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve. The move will lead to herbivores populating the forests ahead of the proposed shifting of two tigers to Mukundara. […]

Disaster Management Plan of Panchayati Raj

In News Recently, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj released a Disaster Management Plan. Background  India has been vulnerable, in varying degrees, to many natural as well as human-made disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic and socio-economic conditions.  Different parts of the country are highly vulnerable to cyclones, floods, droughts, earthquakes, landslides, etc.  Image Courtesy: […]

Himalayan Griffons Vultures

In Context  About 100 Himalayan griffon vultures have died of suspected poisoning in Assam. Source :TH About Himalayan Griffon Vulture Scientific Name: Gyps himalayensis It is a rare and largest bird native to the Himalayas Habitat: It lives mainly in the higher regions of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau at the elevation of above […]

Deep Ocean Mission

In News  The Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched the Deep Ocean Mission (DOM). Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the collaborators of the Ministry of Earth Sciences for implementation of Deep Ocean Mission. About the Mission National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences is […]

Caste-based MGNREGA Wages Payment

In News Parliament’s Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has asked the government to roll back the system of caste-based wages, under which NREGS workers are paid based on whether they belong to a Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, or Others. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Mandate:  The mandate of the […]

scroll to top