Context The Environment Ministry reviewed the measures taken to implement the ban on the use of single-use plastics that came into effect on July 1. What are Single use Plastics ? India has defined single-use plastic as disposable plastics that …
About the Mission Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, Gaganyaan is the first Indian Human Space Flight Programme (HSP) with the objective to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low earth orbit on board an Indian launch …
About FRBM Act The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act was enacted in 2003. It is concerned with the maintenance of a balance between government revenue and government spending. The Act set targets for the government to reduce fiscal …
About the Scheme The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was introduced in 1998 with the aim of providing adequate and timely credit support from the banking system under a single window with flexible and simplified procedure to the farmers for …
What is it? The virus, named Langya henipavirus (LayV), can cause respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, nausea and headaches and fatigue, and is closely related to two other henipaviruses known to infect people — Hendra virus and Nipah virus. …
About ECA The Essential Commodities Act (ECA) was enacted by the Central Government in 1955 to control and regulate trade and prices of commodities declared essential under the Act. Though there is no specific definition for ‘essential commodities’, Section 2(A) …
An Overview The US Scientists have simulated the climate change events that led to the Permian extinction, which wiped out most of the life under the oceans some 250 million years ago. The Permian era (298.9 million to 252.2 million …
A Reality Check Our cities are littered with non-biodegradable plastic material, and it is greatly adding to environmental stress and degradation. India’s ban on certain items that are defined as single-use plastics has come into effect from July 1, in …