Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) and BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change Recent news: Union HRD Ministry has launched the ‘Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) program under Innovation cell of MHRD in New Delhi. Aim is to foster the culture of Innovation in all Read More ……
Category: UPSC Prelims
ZED or Zero Defect, Zero Effect scheme
ZED or Zero Defect, Zero Effect scheme is for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Sector to increase the quality of products matching global standards. The main objective of ZED or Zero Defect, Zero Effect scheme is to reduce Read More ……
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan or Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan or Yojana has been launched with the objective of boosting the health care facilities for the pregnant women, especially the poor. Under it pregnant ladies will be given free health check-up and required treatment Read More ……
OSIRIS – Rex and NASA
OSIRIS – Rex and NASA What is the news? After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the ancient asteroid Bennu. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex pulled within 19 km of the diamond shaped space rock. The Read More ……
Qatar and OPEC
Qatar and OPEC What is the news? Qatar will leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) next month in order to focus on gas production, as per the Gulf state’s new Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi. It Read More ……
Hornbill Festival and Indian Hornbill & Its IUCN Status
Hornbill Festival and Indian Hornbill & Its IUCN Status What is the News? More than 60,000 people have visited the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland at Naga Heritage Village Kisama since its inauguration on 1st December, 2018. Union Read More ……
Sahariya Tribes and Antyodaya Yojana
Sahariya Tribes and Antyodaya Yojana What is the News? The Sahariya tribal community of the Shahbad region in Baran district, which recorded 47 starvation deaths during the 2001 drought, waits for concerted welfare measures that could take Read More ……
PAISA Portal and Global Wage Report 2018
PAISA Portal and Global Wage Report 2018 Recent news: Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access was recently launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. It is a centralized electronic web platform for processing interest subvention on bank loans to beneficiaries Read More ……
SHe Box (Sexual Harassment Electronic Box)
SHe Box (Sexual Harassment Electronic Box) Recent news: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has linked SHe-Box (Sexual Harassment Electronic Box), to all the Central Ministries, Departments and districts across all States/Union Territories. What is SHe-Box? SHe-Box Read More ……
Trans Fat, Cope India 2019
Trans Fat, Cope India 2019, EU aims to be ‘climate neutral’ by 2050 Recent news: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched a new mass media campaign in order to create awareness about trans fats and eliminate them Read More ……