Salim Ali Centre For Ornithology and Natural History The Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) is one of the centres of excellence of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It is named after famous Indian …
What is PMI? Purchasing Managers’ Index is an economic indicator which indicates the business activity & economic health of both the manufacturing and service sectors. PMI of India is published by Japanese firm Nikkei but compiled and constructed by IHS …
About National Infrastructure Pipeline To achieve the GDP of $5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about $1.4 trillion (100 lakh crore) over these years on infrastructure. To implement an infrastructure program of this scale, the government has envisaged …
Why in News: Iran has started enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground facility and seized a South Korean-flagged oil tanker in the crucial Strait of Hormuz, further escalating tensions in West Asia between Tehran and the West. What …
About Mollem National Park Mollem’s forest cover is part of a near-contiguous stretch of Western Ghats. It is part of the core area of Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary. Spread over 240 sq km, Mollem National Park is located in Sanguem …
About FSSAI FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) is an autonomous statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is the administrative Ministry of FSSAI. FSSAI is responsible …
Why in News? To understand if a coastal city is more prone to floods caused by tidal events or extreme rainfall, a team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, devised a new metric or measure called the Tide–Rainfall Flood …
About: The project aims at initiating the process of commencing operations of the Seaplane services, on the select routes, under a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) framework through prospective airline operators. The project execution and implementation would be through Sagarmala Development …