About Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All It was launched in 2015 with a target of replacing 77 crore incandescent lamps with LED bulbs and to nullify the high-cost of LEDs that acted as a barrier previously in the …
Recently, the Vice President of India has highlighted the fact that Single use plastic is a major cause of concern for the world today. A Glance at the Magnitude of the issue: In today’s Era, around 300 million metric tonnes …
What is it? Every January, thousands of volunteers across Asia and Australasia visit wetlands in their country and count waterbirds. This citizen science programme is the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC). It is an annual exercise conducted since 1987. The AWC …
What’s in the news? The Union Cabinet has approved the expansion of interest subvention scheme to also include grain-based distilleries besides molasses-based distilleries for the production of ethanol. The government would bear interest subvention for five years including one year …
About UNSC The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was established in 1946 as one of the six principal organs of the UN. It is generally viewed as the apex of the UN system. It is responsible for the maintenance of …
Recently, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of Light House Projects (LHP) under Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India) across six States. Significance of Technology in Urban Transformation As of now, Urbanisation in India is around 31% whereas Global urbanisation …
About DCGI Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is the head of department of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization of the Government of India responsible for approval of licences of specified categories of drugs such as blood and blood …
Why in News? Union Minister for Science and Technology has launched the ‘Digital Ocean’ platform of Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services (INCOIS) as a one stop-solution for all data related needs of a wide range of users, including …
Akash Missile System AKASH is a Short Range Surface to Air Missile system to protect vulnerable areas and vulnerable points from air attacks. The indigenously developed and manufactured Akash has a range of 25 km and can simultaneously engage multiple …