Abel Prize for 2022: the Abel Prize for the year 2022 has been awarded to American Mathematician Dennis Parnell Sullivan by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Key Highlights: This award also includes prize money which amounts to 7 Million NOK (Norwegian Krone). He was awarded t ...
Delhi MCD Merger: The Union Cabinet has approved a bill for the unification of Delhi’s three Municipal corporations into one Municipal Corporation. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 is likely to be tabled in the ongoing budget session of Parliament. Key Details: T ...
Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal: Indian Railways’ first Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal was recently inaugurated in the Eastern Railway’s Asansol division. Key Points: The Asansol division of Indian Railways (IR) successfully commissioned a private siding of Maithan Power Limited at Thapa ...
Draft National Policy for the Medical Devices 2022: The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has released an Approach Paper for the Draft National Policy for the Medical Devices, 2022 on its website for a consultation. The Department has invited feed ...
Daylight Saving Time: The United States Senate unanimously passed a law (Sunshine Protection Act) making daylight saving time (DST) permanent. Key Details: This law that was passed on 15 March 2022 will scrap the practice of changing clocks forward and back coinciding with the arrival and d ...
Vigilance Awareness Week 2021: The Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW) 2021 has been organized by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) from 26 October to 01 November 2021. Key Points: VAW is an annual event which is observed across India during the week in which the birthday of Sardar Vallab ...
The first day of Ganga Utsav (The River Festival 2021) witnessed the registration of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in the Guinness Book of World Records for recording the highest number of photos of handwritten notes that were uploaded on the social media platform in an hour on the ve ...
World's richest person Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has incorporated its wholly-owned subsidiary in India to start local broadband operations, Key Points• SpaceX's satellite broadband arm Starlink aims to start broadband services in India from December 2022, with two lakh active terminals su ...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that the Centre has extended the 'Ayushman CAPF' healthcare scheme benefits of the central health insurance programme to the personnel of all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) pan-India in a phased manner. Union Home Minister had launched ‘ ...
Key Points • US technology company Yahoo has stopped its services in China from November 1, 2021• This decision by Yahoo is in line with its commitment for rights of users and a free & open internet.• Yahoo's departure from China coincides with the implementation of Per ...
“Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana†is a Delhi government scheme. Under it, 15,000 students have enrolled for coaching classes in the year 2021. What is Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana Scheme? Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana scheme was launche ...
Key Points• The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) is a PSU under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.• IREDA has launched a ‘whistle-blower Portal’, as a part of ‘Vigilance Awareness Week 2021’.• Through this portal, IREDA empl ...
Key Points• Smart anti-airfield weapon has been designed and developed by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat with support from IAF• Two different configurations on satellite navigation & electro optical sensors tested successfully• First Electro optical seeker based flig ...
Key Points• The Initiative for the Resilient Island States ( IRIS) initiative is a part of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient infrastructure that would focus on building capacity, having pilot projects, especially in small island developing states.• It is aimed at achieving sustai ...
With a view to increasing trade connectivity, India and Bhutan will have seven additional entry and exit points for trade. Key Takeaways• The decision to have seven more entry and exit points was taken in a commerce secretary-level meeting that was held on trade and transit issues betw ...
As part of its commitment to double the income of the farmers, Manohar Lal Khattar, the Chief Minister of Haryana, has launched the ‘Uttam Beej portal’ which will benefit the farmers of the state. The move will help the farmers of Haryana by providing quality seeds with transparenc ...
Taking a step in the direction of climate action, Tamil Nadu government has set up the first setting up the first ever Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to manage natural conservation missions in the state. Key Takeaways• The Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is known as as “Tamil Nadu G ...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had joined the Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) as a Member on April 23, 2021, to benefit from the membership of NGFS by learning from and contributing to global efforts on Green Finance. The Reserve Bank of India ...
The Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC), 2021 is being held from 07 to 09 November 2021 under the aegis of Naval War College, Goa. This is the third edition of the conclave. The GMC is Indian Navy’s Outreach Initiative providing a multinational platform to harness the collective wisdom of practit ...
China has successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites on November 6, 2021 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The centre is located in country's southwestern Sichuan province. Key Points• The satellites belong to the Yaogan-35 family.• They were launched by a Long ...
Government of India has been taking various policy initiatives for promotion and strengthening of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms through amendment in existing laws and by enactments, for facilitating quick disposal of disputes, outside of traditional court systems. Indian go ...
On 5th of November in the Senegalese capital of Dakar INDIA and the African nation signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on health and medicine as both countries celebrates the 60th years of their diplomatic ties. The agreement was signed during the two-day visit (November 4-5) of India ...
Indian Table Tennis pair of Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath clinched the women’s doubles title at the World Table Tennis Contender Lasko 2021 event, beating Puerto Rico’s Diaz sisters, Adriana and Melanie, in straight sets by 11-3, 11-8, 12-10. The world number 36 pairi ...
Google Doodle is celebrating Dr Kamal Ranadive, an Indian biomedical researcher who is known for her research in cancer about the links between cancers and viruses. Google unveiled a new doodle on October 8, 2021 to celebrate the 104th birthday of cell biologist Dr Kamal Ranadive. Key Poi ...
The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index was released by the Harm Reduction Consortium, on November 7, 2021. The index was developed by International Drug Policy Consortium with the the partners in the Harm Reduction Consortium. A first of its kind global drug policy index 2021 that ranks 3 ...
Key points• Agreement to promote innovation in startups & MSMEs of both countries for development of dual use technologies• Startups & industry to bring out next generation technologies & products in areas such as Drones, Robotics & Artificial Intelligence• Develop ...
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will organise its first global hackathon called ‘HARBINGER 2021–Innovation for Transformation’ focusing on digital payments. Key Points• The global hackathon will witness participants to identify and develop solutions which can be used: ...
.The Central government think tank NITI Aayog has announced the top five most aspirational districts in education sector. NITI Aayog has announced the top five most improved aspirational districts in the education sector for the month of September. Bhoopalpalli in Telangana tops the ranking. ...
As a part of the year-long commemoration of 75 years of Independence, the Union Cabinet has decided to declare November 15 as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ to mark the birth anniversary of revered tribal leader and freedom fighter Birsa Munda and honour the contributions of the tribal f ...
Indian Government is all set to hold the next round of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) across the country on November 12 this year. The Government of India has been implementing a rolling programme of sample based National Achievement Survey (NAS) aimed at assessing competencies of stu ...
