About FASTag National Electronic Toll Collection (FASTag) programme, is the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRT&H) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) launched in 2016. A FASTag is a reloadable tag that automatically deducts …
Why in News? Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over the indigenous main battle tank Arjun Mk-1A to the Army in a function at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. Features of Arjun tank The Arjun tanks stand out for …
What’s in the news? Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry has informed that more than one crore two lakh MSMEs were registered in the country within five years. Significance of MSMEs In developing countries like India, where the majority of …
Why in the news? The government in the budget announced that it will be privatising 2 public sector banks. It also announced a strategic sale/disinvestment policy for four strategic sectors — including banking, insurance and financial services — in which …
Why in the news? Scientists are conducting research to find some properties of element Einsteinium. About Einsteinium Einsteinium is a chemical element, named after Albert Einstein, has the atomic number 99. That means an Einsteinium atom has 99 protons and …
About the summit It is the annual flagship event of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). It is the sole Summit on global issues taking place in the developing world. Started in 2001, the Summit has become a focal point …
Why in News: Microsoft launched a new hybrid cloud solution in India for organisations to build and run cloud-native applications with seamless access to on-premise cloud services with existing tools, processes, and skill sets. What is Cloud Solutions A cloud …
NEWS Argentina’s Congress have legalized abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy. CONTEXT The Indian Parliament too will consider an amendment to our abortion laws this Budget Session but unlike the Argentina law which is touted as being historic, …
The Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood (SANKALP) is an outcome-oriented centrally sponsored programme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) financially supported by the World Bank with a special focus on decentralised planning and quality improvement. …