Why in News: ‘Taragiri’, the third stealth frigate of project 17A was launched by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL) in Mumbai. The first ship of the Project 17A, is ‘Nilgiri’ The second ship of P17A class is ‘Udaygiri’ About The …
Why in News Dwarka peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati passed away. About Adi Shankaracharya Adi Shankara is said to have been born in Kaladi, Kerala in 788 CE on the bank of the Periyar, the largest river in Kerala. He …
What are clouds? Clouds blanket 70% of the Earth’s surface at any given time. They are like a thin layer of the floating ocean, with enough water to cover the entire surface of Earth with about one inch of rain. …
What’s in News: Army chief visited the Ladakh sector on Saturday to review Exercise Parvat Prahar . The exercise saw the deployment of all new major inductions of the Army. Simultaneously on the western front, Exercise Gagan Strike culminated with …
About Co-operative banks Co-operative banks are financial entities established on a co-operative basis and belonging to their members. This means that the customers of a co-operative bank are also its owners. These banks provide a wide range of regular banking …
Background Recently, United States President Joe Biden launched a new Asia-Pacific trade initiative known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) in Tokyo. At present the framework includes 14 countries — Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of …
What is it? The Vande Bharat train(Train 18) is an indigenously designed and manufactured semi high speed, self-propelled train The Vande Bharat coaches incorporate passenger amenities including on-board WiFi entertainment, GPS-based passenger information system, CCTVs, automatic doors in all coaches, …
What’s in the news? A survey carried out by the Union Ministry of Education and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) revealed that foundational learning of students in Hindi is poor but their performance in regional languages …
About the Act The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 says that no person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination into one of a different denomination or section. It contains a declaration that a place …
About PMMSY The central government launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) in 2020 to bring about the Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector in India. It is implemented by the Department of Fisheries, …