In News The legal experts are concerned about the Biological Diversity Amendment Bill 2021. Major Concern The Biological Diversity Amendment Bill 2021, introduced in the Lok Sabha, exempts Ayush practitioners from the ambit of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. It facilitates access to biological resources and traditional knowledge by the Indian traditional medicine sector. Expert’s […]
In News Under the Deep Ocean Mission, a manned scientific submersible has been proposed to be developed for deep ocean exploration. The project is named Samudrayaan. About Samudrayaan Project It is a part of the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ pilot project for deep ocean mining for rare minerals. National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) […]
In News India has registered the highest ever annual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow of 81.97 billion dollars in 2020-21. Key Points FDI inflows in the last seven financial years are over 440 billion dollars, which is nearly 58 per cent of the total FDI inflow in the last 21 financial years. The top five […]
In News Recently, a spacecraft launched by NASA has successfully touched the atmosphere of the Sun. About The spacecraft plunged through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona of the Sun. It made its way through an extreme environment which is roughly 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, it has touched the place which was […]
In News The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister, has approved the implementation of PMKSY for 2021-26. About PMKSY It was launched in 2015 and is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, providing central grants to the State Governments for specific activities (90:10 for NE states & 75:25 for rest). The major objective […]
In News Recently, the government has said in the Parliament that Rs 2,476 crore has been collected as tax and penalty under the one-time three months compliance window during 2015. Black Money Definition: Black money includes all funds earned through illegal activity and otherwise legal income that is not recorded for tax purposes. Black money […]
In News Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) proposed that all orders emanating from the Application Programming Interface (API) of stockbrokers should be treated as Algorithmic Trading or Algo. What is Algo Trading? It refers to orders generated at superfast speed by the use of advanced mathematical models that involve the automated […]
In News Verkhoyansk, a town in Siberia, recorded a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius recently. It was then pushed as the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic region. About The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has now confirmed that the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic region. Arctic region: All landmasses and seas north […]
In News Recently, NTPC awarded a project of “Standalone Fuel-Cell based Micro-grid with hydrogen production using electrolyser in NTPC Guest House at Simhadri (near Visakhapatnam)”. About Project It is India’s first Green Hydrogen based Energy Storage Project. It would be a precursor to large scale hydrogen energy storage projects and in various off-grid and strategic […]
In News India’s indigenous Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE)Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) development programme (Rustom-II ) achieved an important milestone by reaching an altitude of 25,000 feet and an endurance of 10 hours. With some delays in development, the Rustom-2 last year successfully flew for eight hours at an altitude of 16,000 feet. Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance […]
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